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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. *--------------------------------------------------------* * Roger C. Scudder Jr. * Open Source Software works! * * rscudder@usa.net * * *--------------------------------------------------------* -- To unsubscribe, send a message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject or body of your message to plug-request@lists.nothinbut.net