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anglian252

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Registered: 2005-05-01

Posts: 25

Web browsing as a normal user

Is it me, or is web browsing when running firefox as root, faster than when logged in as a normal user, even when running it after doing an su

Thanks

cactus

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Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: Web browsing as a normal user

It's just you.
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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Web browsing as a normal user

Just you, and you should never run a browser as root. :shock:

Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: Web browsing as a normal user

Well, it fears beeing attacked while beeing run as root, so it is in a hurry. Therefore, it is a security feature.

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