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Firefox Faster In Wine Than Native
An anonymous reader writes "Tuxradar did some benchmarks comparing Firefox's Windows and Linux JavaScript performance. 'We did some simple JavaScript benchmarks of Firefox 3.0 using Windows and Linux to see how it performed across the platforms — and the results are pretty bleak for Linux.' Later on, they tried Wine. 'The end result: Firefox from Mozilla or from Fedora has almost nil speed difference, and Firefox running on Wine is faster than native Firefox.'"
Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet. It may be ready for the web servers that you nerds use to distribute your TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sights across the world wide web, but the average computer user isn't going to spend months learning how to use a CLI and then hours compiling packages so that they can get a workable graphic interface to check their mail with, especially not when they already have a Windows machine that does its job perfectly well and is backed by a major corporation, as opposed to Linux which is only supported by a few unemployed nerds living in their mother's basement somewhere. The last thing I want is a level 5 dwarf (haha) providing me my OS.
I run Ubuntu using Wubi which means I also have MS Vista on same hardware.. FF does not run fater on wine in Linux...the author is f'n' noob without a clear understanding of how wine works or Linux for that matter
Fred Grott(aka shareme) http://mobilebytes.wordpress.com
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Because you know if Wine beat Windows the article would be claiming the supremacy of Linux and how Wind0wz suckz0rs. But since it's 'attacking' Linux, it's bad, right?
...bad grammer, bad spelling...
Bad spelling of "grammar"?
'If you want long term'
Wanting long term is an example of insanity (and ignorance) on the part of a male. We aren't designed for it biologically for starters. More importantly, I've found attractive women and intelligent women, and women who are both but I've yet to find a sane woman. The level of insanity you have to deal with increases right along with the level of commitment you've made (why this is nobody can say).
So in light of all that, if you are really serious about something long term go for dumb and attractive so that you have no troubles talking her into a pre-nup. That way she won't take all your worldly possessions when you trade her in for a younger model ;)