[Opera-Linux] Very slow GUI on Linux

[Liviu Andronic]

All these slow GUI problems are true. At least here, on a fresh
install of Debian Etch, I guess. However, on my Gentoo box everything
is fine (including Opera 9.21). And here, on Debian, installing the
static version of Opera made the problem disappear.

All this, however, don't change the fact that on a general basis, the
GUI is faster on Windows than on Linux. I wonder if this can be
changed..

Regards,
Liviu


On 6/14/07, Larry Clapp <larry at theclapp.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 06:29:17AM -0600, Ed Santiago wrote:
> > >when I press Ctrl+Tab Opera instantly shows me list of all open
> > >tabs, then I press Ctrl+Tab to select some other tab and when I
> > >release keys the list of open tabs is still visible for a few
> > >seconds. During this time (between releasing keys and disappearing
> > >list of open tabs) all keyboard focus related things works very
> > >bad.
> >
> > Just for support: the same thing happened to me too.  Opera 9.20 on
> > Gentoo.  Switching tabs took about 5 seconds.
>
> I've experienced the slow performance on Opera 9.21 (using the
> registered version, if it matters) as well.  I've considered switching
> to some other browser, but haven't yet.
>
> I noticed it most after I'd visited a page (such as anything at
> YouTube) that had embedded video (i.e. a Flash plugin).  The slowness
> persisted even after I closed the page.  The slowness still occurs
> even though I first removed all plugin directories from my plugin
> path, and then even though I completely disabled all plugins.
>
> I found that restarting Opera restores performance, but it gets slow
> again if I revisit anything with Flash, and I have to restart again.
>
> The slowness extends even to Opera underlining links that I hover the
> mouse over.  "Before slowness" I can move the mouse as fast as I want,
> and Opera underlines links as fast as I move the mouse; "after
> slowness" there's a (comparatively) serious delay, on the order of
> several tenths of a second.
>
> Version 9.21
> Build 641
> Platform Linux
> System i686, 2.6.15.8.2007.06.12
> Qt library 3.3.7
> Java Java Runtime Environment installed
>
> Debian, mostly "stable", some "testing".  1.3 GHz cpu.
>
> -- Larry
>
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-- 
Liviu