Many thanks Bernhard. I am answering through Google´s Gmail in WindowsXP,SP2. I just unloaded SP2 at 526KB/s speed, so I have to discard the connection as the origin of the Firefox slownees jn Ubuntu. Next time I open Ubuntu, I shall install Opera as per your advice. Thanks, Leon
2008/11/20, Bernhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Have you tried opera? It's a great alternative to firefox and you could > check if the problem is with firefox or with your connection. > > You can download opera at opera.com. Even though it's not in the repos, > there is a .deb-file and the installation is really quick and easy. > > -- > very slow Firefox browsing opening pages > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300291 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-nettool > > Once installed Ubuntu 8.10 64 AMD, Firefox takes minutes to load common > pages such as www.google.com. > I expected to load normal pages in a few seconds, but it takes minutes. > I have a Telefonica 6MB ADSL connection that usually works very acceptable. > Please help. > Thanks > León > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-nettool > Package: gnome-nettool 2.22.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: gnome-nettool > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64 > -- very slow Firefox browsing opening pages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300291 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
