Slow webpage loading time under OpenSuSE 10.2, fine under WindowsXP
 

About 18 months ago I converted my Mum to Linux from Windows. I reinstalled her system with OpenSuSE10.2, and dual-booted it with WindowsXP incase she felt lost. Both have Firefox installed. Everyday when my Mum logs on, she opens her browser and vists The Hunger Site. She clicks each of the tabs across the top, and on each page clicks the "click here to give - it's free" button. Under WindowsXP this process happens extremely quickly, but under OpenSuSE each tab takes ages to load, loading one section at a time, and taking ages reporting "transferring data".

What can be happening here? This is the same system, accessing the net through the same router, with the same IP settings. Why does Linux take so much longer than XP? I have tested this independently with my home system (OpenSuSE11 and WinXP) and the same thing happens.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

turn off && block IPv6...

find threads started by me, and go through the relevant issue. theres a fix.


same thing happened to me.

Thanks for the reply.

I have disabled IPv6 and webpages seem to load faster. The site in question seems to load faster also, although there is still a considerable delay. (www.thehungersite.com)

As mentioned, this delay is not present with Firefox under WinXP with the same network etc, so there must be some difference at the OS level, or in the default browser settings in the different versions.