FC3 sucks. It takes up too much memory!

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Jan 27 05:41:31 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 12:45 +0800, Edward Yang wrote:
> I am *not* exagerating. Please look at the attached screenshot for
> detail:
> 
> 1. I think eggcups is the process for printing. Why it takes up more
> than 40mb memory? On Windows 2000, the spooler printing service takes
> up only a little more than 4mb memory and less than 3mb virtual
> memory.
> 
> 2.  And, eggcups belongs to my session. I am not familiar with the
> terminal concept. I guess if a user logs on thru a dumb terminal,
> he/she will get his/her own eggcups; and 40mb memory will reduced from
> the server. Is my guess true?
> 
> 3. If I 'kill nnn', where nnn is the pid of eggcups, it somehow
> respawns. How can I stop this? Anyway I don't want printing service
> right now, I am just learning programming on Linux.
> 
> 4. I don't want xscreensaver, because I am running FC3 inside
> Microsoft Virtual PC. How to stop it?
> 
> 5. What is gnome-vfs/esd? Are they a must to for a user session?
> 
> Please forgive me if my post aroused some kind of holy debate. I come
> from Windows world, it's inevitable for me to compare Linux/FC with
> Windows. But I will appreciate very much if someone can help me,
> instead of just saying 'Only newbies don't understand' or even 'Only
> morons don't understand'.
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Please don't post in html - many of us use plain text mail readers.
I haven't a clue what eggcups is
Screenshot not included - list trims out enclosures
How hard is it to find the Red Fedora (like the Windows Start button) ->
Preferences -> Screensaver ?
My guess is gnome-vfs/esd is about sound but I could be wrong.
Subject - FC3 sucks: has got to be the best way to ensure that you get
no assistance from this list...
Did I say that your attitude needs improving? People that want help
generally find that self control, respect for others and some evidence
that you've made at least some effort to solve their issues gets more
assistance.

Craig




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