[Novalug] I need a linux lawyer.

American Dave novalug@soupy.org
Mon Nov 9 09:22:30 EST 2009


On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:39:14AM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:

> For stupid tasks such as opening e-mails and stuff, my old Pentium 100
> could **CREAM** what I'm dealing with right now. =|

Running Linux, and  Mutt opens my 'sent' mbox (weighing in at near
700MB) in about four seconds.  My machine is from 2006.

To your point, an MUA like Evolution isn't nearly as efficient.  That
said, if you want speed, try Mutt.

> While it is true that my hardware does have a few persistent glitches
> that have been there since I built the machine, my real problems lie in
> the SOFTWARE!!!

Right, so I'm not sure what you're so upset about?
-A. Dave



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