Re: Gnome speed

[Adam Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

>>>Our configuration is much plainer, with fewer snazzy graphics; that
>>>probably accounts for most of it. We did a lot of Nautilus optimization
>>>but as of 1.0.5 that was in the upstream Nautilus and should be in current
>>>Ximian.
>>It sounded like Ulrich implied that you guys were also using the prelinking
>>stuff too, is that right?
>It's available but not activated by default. It's a good idea to try it
>in a Gnome envronment. If you find bugs please report them to
>bugzilla.redhat.com
>It may make a significant difference especially on slow CPUs.

My latest Ximian update *really* lit a fire under that little GNOME.  My
performance was never "bad",  but for whatever reason it is noticeably
faster now.

I'm curious what pre-linking is exactly,  and how it is activated. 
Anyone have a URL or a quick explanation?