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Ok, I was managing some files in my home directory and there were a few AVIs I had downloaded and didn't remember what they were ( they were 4 demoes of the Novell Xgl graphics sytem).
For the amusement of any who might care. Running a Dell box. 2850, I think - mind's going after another 9AM-4AM shift. In any case, redundant...
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So I clicked on one and it launched into the Totem movie player.
Then I clicked on another to try and launch another instance (just to see performance). Well, after a few seconds, a new instance hadn't launched and I looked at the first instance, and noticed the breastle bar had changed.
Hmmm. I clicked another avi (there were four) and it appeared in the Totem movie player. The thing was -- the new avi appeared almostinstantly-! I mean, I've never seen a computer load a video file *that* *fast*.
So, I tried something larger -- I had a few "My Name Is Earl" episodes and they are a half hour in lenght. I clicked on some of those, and they loaded instantly!
Gee -- in XP when you click on a video stream, you might as well go wash the car while your waiting for it to load. Here, it's click, boom! (Novell Suse 10 GM distro, AMD2400 2Ghz, 512K RAM).