Hi Thomas, I am also now running RedHat 7.2 on two Linux boxes (thanks to the advice of Janina and others here on the list) and I have no complaints overall, except that the IPOP3 is slow. Any ideas as to why? Thanks. At 11:03 PM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Well, I've noticed that slow down in spead myself. One way to help spead >things up is to use the ext3 fs which works much better than ext2. >One major difference between 6.2 and 7.2 is that 7.2 comes with the kudzu >pnp hardware maniger. Kudzu tracks new and removed hardware, and attempts to >configure it for you. >A second change is the X-Windows server ois much newer, but on my 1.2 GHZ >box the little drop in spead is worth getting all the new tools. At least >for me. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Amanda Lee <amanda at shellworld.net> >To: Speakup at Braille.Uwo.Ca <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:18 PM >Subject: RH 6.2 Versus RH 7.2 > > > > > > Hmmm I know that it is likely that RH 6.2 with Speakup enabled does not >have > > the most current version of Speakup patched into the Kernel but here's an > > interesting comment from a friend whose judgement I respect a good deal. > > > > So to the other experts herein, please share your thoughts. > > > > He prefers RH 6.2 for the following reason: > > RH 7.2 seems to be significantly slower, with lots more disk thrashing, >and > > it's > > not just X Windows (although it's also significantly slower). > > > > So my question is... What is enabled in RH 7.2 that you won't see in RH >6.2 > > > > Amanda Lee > > Alexandria, VA > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Best regards and happy New Year, Darrell Access technology consulting / network and UNIX systems administration.
