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Re: New User trying to get up and running
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On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, ChrisB wrote:
> > get very eaily 'confused'. If I get impatient I can't click 'STOP
> > LOADING', so I try to open a second browser. This seems to crash
> > my 64 MEG system.
> > My feeling is that LINUX is not properly allocating programs in my
> > memory. Any thoughts??
>
> Blame Netscape before Linux. They've put much more effort into the Windows
> version than the UNIX version.
I think you are absolutely right that the problem is with Navigator.
I haven't noticed any difference in load time between Linux and MS-Win
versions, but I do suspect a serious memory leak problem in the Linux
version.
On more than one occasion Navigator has used up all resources (32Mb
RAM + 64Mb swap) my system has and refused to release any. The only
option is to quit and restart to free up resources (same as with
any application with a bad memory leak problem).
It seems to only happen during intense interactive use; for instance
when using an online web page editor. While the MS-Win version is
very memory hungry, it does seem to manage memory properly.
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* Roger C. Scudder Jr. * Open Source Software works! *
* rscudder@usa.net * *
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