window vs linux firefox

jomen · 02-23-2006, 04:37 PM

It really depends on what desktop-environment you are using.
If you use KDE then it will have to load some libraries which are not present if all other apps are native KDE apps - since firefox is a GTK application.
If you use Gnome - which is built upon GTK - these things will already be there and not need to be loaded first.
But eighter way - this is only for the first start-up... - after that it is much faster in any environment.

Code:

ldd firefox-bin
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libmozjs.so => /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libmozjs.so (0xb7e95000)
        libxpcom.so => /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libxpcom.so (0xb7e92000)
        libxpcom_core.so => /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libxpcom_core.so (0xb7dea000)
        libplds4.so.6 => /usr/lib/nspr/libplds4.so.6 (0xb7de7000)
        libplc4.so.6 => /usr/lib/nspr/libplc4.so.6 (0xb7de2000)
        libnspr4.so.6 => /usr/lib/nspr/libnspr4.so.6 (0xb7da6000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7d7e000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7d7a000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7a78000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb79f5000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb79db000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb79c4000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb79bc000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7983000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb7937000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb78fd000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb78f9000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb7874000)
        libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0xb786c000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb7846000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7777000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7754000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7684000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb767b000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7560000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f31000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7558000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb7554000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb754c000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7525000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb751b000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb750c000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb7507000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7493000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7481000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb744c000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb7439000)
        libexpat.so.0 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 (0xb7419000)

alaios · 02-23-2006, 05:23 PM

I think that kde also is verry very heavy.... I will switch to gnome :P

jomen · 02-23-2006, 05:44 PM

It really is a matter of taste and not which one is heavier (KDE _might_ be a _bit_ more...), which one you use - personally: I tried KDE a few times and the last was 3 weeks ago...it is really good and good looking and everything - but still - it is not the thing I like - I like Gnome!

angustia · 02-23-2006, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaios

Thx a lot for your answer
I ASBOLUTELY agree with u,...... !!!!
Linux seems to be much slower than windows...
How do u know how many libraries firefox needss at startup?

linux slower than windows or linux version of some applications slower than the windows versions?

to list shared libraries of firefox:
ldd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin

(this path is from gentoo...)

justanothersteve · 02-23-2006, 06:56 PM

Try opening the menu-editor for your K menu and uncheck "Enable launch feedback" for firefox. This deals with the "Bouncy icon". Granted it doesn't use much, but it still uses resources to give those neat bouncy effects

acidburned · 02-23-2006, 07:51 PM

ive noticed that too on some linux distros that have firefox is very slow to load or doesnt at all,on mepis n damn small it fires up as quickly as it does in windows.dont know why that is but im not complaining.atleast not anymore lol