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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Numlock / double-click / CD-ROM Speed
From:       James Samuel <james () suse ! co ! uk>
Date:       2000-03-29 9:54:42
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, adrian.wells wrote:

> double-click
> Is it possible to change the mouse action (say within file managers) to
> respond to double rather than single clicks? I find myself either opening
> files that I didn't intend to open or else opening two instances of a file
> that I want to open!

Unfortunately, I don't think it is possible to change. Apparently, using
KDE, with a single click to open things, is better - personally I don't
use KDE though. :)

Admittedly it would be better if the option was there to change it, but
the I guess we're trying to avoid being like Windows ...

> CD-ROM Speed (24x IDE, 48MB RAM, P266)
> While spuddling through the SuSE CDs, looking at the packages available, I
> have noticed that some (large) folders initially display their contents
> quickly then slow to a crawl - requiring a down line/page to initiate
> further reads, only to suddenly speed up again towards the end of the
> folder (sorry, I forget which folders/CDs were responsible). Is this a
> 'feature' of LINUX and the way it reads CD's or do I need to increase a CD
> cache somewhere?

I think it'd be the same under all OS's, to be honest - large directories
do take time to read, and that's the way it works. I find the same,
especially on a slow medium like CD.

-- 
James Samuel
Network Manager, SuSE Linux Ltd.
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