[K12OSN] Firefox Running Slow

[James P. Kinney III]

On my Firefox 1.5.0.1 I find that setting under
Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Update

If someone is rolling out a new installation o K12LTSP v. 5.0, on the
server first create a dummy user and setup the default environment under
that then copy the .mozilla directory to /etc/skel/. Then create all the
other users. That way they all get the starting prefs.

The only "gotcha" is that all the plugins must be installed first (which
is going to happen anyway before it can be used...)

The best part of this is the ability to pre-populate the bookmarks.

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 12:25 +0000, dahopkins at comcast.net wrote:
> I also noticed this, but for me it was that Firefox has the update settings set to check for updates on launch (under Tools -- Options -- Advanced -- Update).  Unchecking these allows Firefox to start quickly.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
> 
> p.s. sorry for the form of the reply, it seems Comcast is rejecting email from k12osn .. redhat.com at the moment. (last 5 days)
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff, I only noticed the delay on the first launch of firefox. I tested this for many users and it seems to be true for those that I tested. Could the delay be from Firefox creating a new profile?
> 
> Tim
> 
> On 8/30/06, David Trask <dtrask vcsvikings org> wrote:
> 
>     Yes...I have noticed this....I run Samba/LDAP for centralized
>     authentication....and use DHCP failover/Load balancing to run two servers
>     for K12LTSP v5.  I have also noticed the significant delay in launching
>     firefox....I attributed much of it to Day one first time launches, but
>     maybe there's more to it.  I'll check into it more tomorrow.
> 
> 
>     "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn redhat com>
>     writes:
>     >Has anyone noticed this as well?
>     >
>     >I should point out that all servers use the same version of Firefox. We
>     >use a seperate repository to ensure all servers have the same version of
>     >Linux packages.
> 
> 
> 
>     David N. Trask
>     Technology Teacher/Director
>     Vassalboro Community School
>     dtrask vcsvikings org
>     (207)923-3100
> 
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