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From: dgal@cad.gatech.edu (Damon Gallaty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [FreeBSD1.1R] slow-loading apps...why?
Date: 12 May 1994 08:15:32 -0400
Organization: Me, myself, and I
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Keywords: freebsd

I've installed FreeBSD 1.1 - RELEASE, and I've noticed that apps seem
to run a lot slower than FreeBSD 1.0.2. Even simple things like vi and
more take a couple of seconds just to load up. Compile times are really
long, much longer than they ought to be.

I'm guessing that this is because of the dynamically linked libraries.
Is this the case? If so, is there a way around it, short of recompiling
everything with libraries linked in at compile time?

I'm wondering how many other people are experiencing this problem.
I'm running this on a 386/33, so the speed difference is very noticeable.
I presume that those of you running on a 486/50 or higher probably won't see
the difference.

Thanks for the help...
-- 
Damon Gallaty
gt6525c@prism.gatech.edu

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men..."