[olug] open source vs the world

[Jacobs, Robert A.]

> desktops are equally (or worsely) bloated than windows 2000 or XP
> (waiting 15-30 seconds for a file manager to simple startup on a
> 1.5ghz machine is simply apalling)  And if you want to have integrated

15-30 seconds?! What file manager are you/were you using? My home machine
has been exorcised of Windows Software for nearly 3 years now and it is
a 1.4ghz machine.  I'm using Gnome with the Nautilus file manager (two 
applications/suites not particularly known for being svelte) and I've
never seen it take more than a second or two to launch the file manager.
Are you sure you are not exaggerating or basing your statements on
experiences that are no longer relevant (say from 5-7 years ago or 
whenever it was you last ran a linux-based desktop)?  Has anyone else 
experienced this kind of lag when bringing up a file manager?

- raj