Java Plugin

[Scott.Prive at storigen.com (Scott Prive)]

Derek suggested more RAM -- 128MB is cutting it close for a "desktop".

There are strategies for conserving RAM... a default Redhat install will install bells and whistles, which take up RAM. There are online articles for trimming memory bloat of a default install (search Google).

You might also locate a newer Mozilla rpm -- which could reduce RAM usage -- from mozillazine.org. Review the current status, then grab say a rpm for 1.2. Redhat does not include the latest releases of Mozilla presumably because when they start the 8.0 beta, Mozilla 1.2 or 1.1 were still in a state of flux.

You can also try temporarily switching from a GNOME/KDE "desktop", to a more lightweight window manager such as WindowMaker or Afterstep.

But you really should consider more RAM.

Scott



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalyan Vaidyanathan [mailto:kalyan_v at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 9:38 PM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Java Plugin 
> 
> 
> Hi,
>   I have RedHat 8.0 and Mozilla 1.0.1.  For some reason, I 
> think the RH8.0 
> CDs did not have JRE, so java plugins did not seem to work.  So, I 
> downloaded JRE 1.3.1.06, installed it, and after some trouble 
> got plugins to 
> work.  But now, when I tried it, the machine is painfully 
> slow.  In fact, I 
> am not even sure if the applet came on.  I closed the app 
> after about 20 
> mins and gave up.  Each mouse click took about 5 mins to react.
>   fyi, I have  a Dell Dimension 8100 with 128MB RAM and 384MB swap.
>   So, basically, I would like reasonable performance and java 
> plugins to 
> work on my mozilla.  Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?
> 
> let me know,
> thanks and regards,
> -kalyan
> 
> 
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