From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MwLlc-0006jH-OF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:08:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5AC0BE074F; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f174.google.com (mail-pz0-f174.google.com [209.85.222.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F326E074F for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk4 with SMTP id 4so3540693pzk.32 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:08:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6ADlyFzbuZc2nWI3u97dLDMnK4tvlo0kBJHpAwAdvBg=; b=jTaX/zbIJlxq0Ssg3zqX9zcGVqY7Am1z1QkugU4wi+rXZL88xZ9kod5XdJIE1kUFER Pm9+JLxvN5Q4GW6jNmsVGr0B1f3tj4U8MqbefVpyfZaAI7l5UQuHAOTPCCjtF0j+Huyf 5hYWipK4t/yu9PEyOlHt0PiVlBafGWGAGoXos= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MwAzpdvqLOYvoVmzkn4yYfbJGceWMBj8MxlnBud71b8btARuSuL41WPd7anIRsQgVa R0znfR1D5bxbb0EsX3igWaMzQDEquYQHRrTKWit6EtldH2gNIqGxEVrIdJgQk8IXvUWf qFkwUmvdKLi3x/h7aI7Ts1g4rIa52Jt818i6U= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.242.5 with SMTP id p5mr4034618wah.66.1255118922796; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:08:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ACCCA58.6020104@badapple.net> References: <49bf44f10910062002n420debdaj9f21a716d041458e@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0910070837t6ebfcebew1dc06762dea31f8a@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10910070934n4a1558d6m7a532a711303a58f@mail.gmail.com> <4ACCCA58.6020104@badapple.net> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:08:42 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10910091308x3c901aa5u601eed814da1ad6a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow. From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 084b88eb-34d7-42ad-95e8-c938cfeaded3 X-Archives-Hash: f2b6b2c528093c9a56d12dbfb8f48784 >>>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro 1320 laptop. =A0It >>>> has a 2.2Ghz Core Duo CPU, 3GB RAM, and a 7200RPM hard drive. >>>> Navigating within firefox is pretty slow. =A0It's the response time of >>>> the application, not the network. =A0It's much slower than my previous >>>> laptop which has much weaker specs. > > Now that it's working how do you like the screen, size, etc? That's one o= f > the laptops I've been considering. > > kashani Overall, it's great so far. I need to get the speakers to mute when I plug in headphones, but I think I know how to fix that and I'm going to start a thread about it. Check out the price here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16834200026 The fan is audible when it kicks on, but it usually only comes on during an emerge. However, those things tend to get louder with age. - Grant