Faster Speed, Disable Pango - Firefox - Linux Mint 7

[GohanDBZReturns1]

Thanks! :)



[mrtest0007]

First of all, for a change in .bashrc to take effect you need to logout and relogin. Pango uses dynamic modules for complex scripts, so it should not slow down Firefox if you are viewing plain English pages. The problem appears to be elsewhere and not related to Pango. Google for Pango and Firefox for similar discussions, explanations.

[Stanislavs1]

i dont see what you guys find in mint.. i first used ubuntu, and the installation was straight forward. the menu is much more simple.

besides, mint is just a ripoff from ubuntu with a different desktop and a green wallpaper. you can make ubuntu look exactly the same if you like that 'windows' look.

[timmy198010]

I can't find that Pango thing

[dtheoc]

Thanks a lot keep up the good work...cuz of you i'm Now a Linux power user!!!!

[Devourer09]

Oh also... shouldn't you re-execute the .bashrc file? So the command will be executed? Because I don't think restarting Firefox will automatically execute the .bashrc file. You'd have to logout and log back in, or source ~/.bashrc in the terminal to do that.

[Devourer09]

Thanks for the tip. I would have never realized that Pango could slow down Firefox... I wonder what it uses instead if it's not going to use Pango.

[NathanYu]

Hey I created a .bashrc with just the command. It seems to work.

[NathanYu]

How do I make the file?

Thanks.

[gotbletu]

right click , create doc, rename ..etc

[NathanYu]

Linux newbie here. I wasn't able to locate the .bashbr on my home folder, any clue where else I can find the file?

Thanks.

[gotbletu]

make 1 if u dont got one

[planetpatrick]

i dont see .bashrc

[planetpatrick]

how did u do da serch thng in the home folder?

[librano]

just start typing

[taekdar]

Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text.

[librano]

i've been using Chromium... which is the Google free version of Chrome... and I like it a lot so far. It's a pre beta version i think but it's still pretty stable. Flash works great. I think where it really kills FF is the speed of the Java script engine and forking each tab into it's own process.

you should try it gotbletu... and let us know what you think.

[TheyCallMeConfucious]

lack of add-ons are a killer

[librano]

the only addon that is glaringly missing is adblock... there is a version for Chrome/Chromium but it isn't as easy to install and doesnt work as well.

addons will be available in the future and right now this is in beta at the most.

[Brunkow]

Cool. You got a link for that desktop?

[bigtoe7676]

hey that did make firefox faster! thanks

[vaasnaad]

SUPER FREAKIN SWEET!!

I don't have problems but it's slow under certain circumstances.

[arthursucks]

Nice! It works on swiftweasel too! Now if only flash didn't suck balls...

[xTROJANxX]

cheers sweet tip mate

[frvfilms]

i dont understand why ff devs dont really optimize it with all the tweaks ?

[martmelee]

dude.... what are you talking about?? firefox is faster on linux than on any other O.S.

at least the several times i've used different o.s firefox is faster on linux.

[MicroHelper]

Mozilla is not slow for me on Linux. It's fast! I like linux!. I finally know how to install Repositories ! thanks to you !

[cokidvd]

It works, thank you!

[ThingsontheWeb]

nice tip

[gothecw]

This was very helpful thx =]

[RaiCoss]

Am I the only person who doesn't have any trouble with Firefox on Linux?

[borttrollad]

Cool , will check it out :) keep it up