FC3 sucks. It takes up too much memory!

[Edward Yang]

Marc M wrote:

>>From dictionary.com it is both a noun and a verb. 
>(edited) troll1   Audio pronunciation of "troll" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (trl)
>v. trolled, troll·ing, trolls  v. intr.  
>         1. To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly
>moving boat.
>         2. To fish in by trailing a baited line: troll the lake for bass.
>         3. To trail (a baited line) in fishing.
>   2. Slang. To patrol (an area) in search for someone or something: "
>[Criminals] troll bus stations for young runaways" (Pete Axthelm).
>   1. To fish by trailing a line, as from a moving boat.
>            2. Slang. To patrol an area in search for someone or something.
>     ------->>>>     A lure, such as a spoon or spinner, that is used
>for trolling.
>   
>[Middle English trollen, to wander about, from Old French troller, of
>Germanic origin.]troller
>
>---->>>    A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously
>portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives
>in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
>
>Or   (my definition) 
>1.  A person who mindlessly posts rant level stuff on lists just to
>get a rise out of people, like posting on the Chevy list (Chevys suck)
>or something like that.  The transparently intentional starting of
>fights, flame wars, etc. with a group of people expressing their
>shared views and interests in a topic online --of which the poster is
>strongly opposed.
>
>-Marc
>
>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:16:52 +0800, Edward Yang
><neo_in_matrix at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>> Thomas Cameron wrote: 
>> 
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Edward Yang 
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases 
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:45 PM 
>> Subject: FC3 sucks. It takes up too much memory! 
>> 
>> 
>> 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'. 
>> 
>> Everyone say it with me:  "Don't feed the trolls." 
>> Okay, I am not English and I don't know what is a *troll* is. But I think
>>those who post useless messages to this list are *trolls* themselves.
>> 
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Thanks for your definition. After reading your definition, I am 100% 
sure I am *not* that something called *troll*, because I I am keen on 
Linux progamming and very eager to get help.

If some people think that the best way to treat a person that is mad 
about something he cannot understand is name calling, then I'd say 
that's a sad dark side in some corners of Linux communtity.

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