“Firefox is bloated.“
“Firefox sucks!“
“Firefox runs faster in Wine, ZOMG!“
“WTF, FX?”
Complaints like these are quite common. A number of people are convinced that Firefox runs like crap on Linux — so slow that even the Windows version running via Wine goes faster.
I, too, was one of those people. When I ran Ubuntu on my laptop, Firefox would take ~5 seconds to switch tabs. It would hang while scrolling. The rise and fall of the Roman Empire took about as long as Firefox did starting up.
It sucked.
I thought Chromium was a gift from the gods when I found it.
But then I switched to Sidux, and last night I gave Firefox another try. And guess what? It’s fast! Not quite as snappy as chromium, but pretty darn close!
The only conclusion I can come to is that Ubuntu is doing something terribly wrong. What, I haven’t a clue.
*cough* WINDOWS 7 FOR FUCKS SAKE *cough*
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I believe we had this conversation already. And I *will* honestly give Windows a shot, but not until I get a new computer, which won’t be until after I’m in the Air Force (hopefully).
I don’t think Windows 7 would be a pleasant experience on this netbook.
Windows 7 runs on any computer XP would, actually. It’s way less hoggy than Vista.
Oh, and it costs OVER 9000 DOLLARS!
I have no money and I don’t want to pirate it. And I don’t have an external DVD drive — I installed linux via USB, but I’ve read that it’s a pain in the ass trying to install Windows that way.