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From: Darrell Shandrow <nu7i@azboss.net>
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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@shellworld.net>
>To: Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca <speakup@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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Best regards and happy New Year,
Darrell
Access technology consulting / network and UNIX         systems administration.