# Non-Technical Threads

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## [Mail delivery failures from Comcast](https://forums.suse.com/t/mail-delivery-failures-from-comcast/23344)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/mail-delivery-failures-from-comcast/23344 "2012-11-27T20:53:00Z")

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Anyone else have issues with people sending emails from Comcast? My anti-spam system flags them as spam and bounces their emails. While the content looks harmless, I’m guessing something amiss in the headers.

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## [Inktank Partners with SUSE to Deliver Enterprise-class Suppo](https://forums.suse.com/t/inktank-partners-with-suse-to-deliver-enterprise-class-suppo/23343)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/inktank-partners-with-suse-to-deliver-enterprise-class-suppo/23343 "2012-11-27T16:14:04Z")

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Inktank Partners with SUSE to Deliver Enterprise-class Support for Ceph Storage in SUSE Cloud 27-Nov-2012 15:07 Inktank and SUSEÂ® today announced a strategic partnership to jointly provide enterprise-grade support for…

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## [Gobble gobble y'all.](https://forums.suse.com/t/gobble-gobble-yall/23330)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/gobble-gobble-yall/23330 "2012-11-23T08:34:22Z")

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Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the U.S. Happy Thursday to everyone else. – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform?

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## [Schlock Mercenary](https://forums.suse.com/t/schlock-mercenary/23294)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/schlock-mercenary/23294 "2012-11-19T19:31:30Z")

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If you haven’t been reading Schlock lately, my avatar “Danita” is in mortal peril. I’ve been a recurring character since March, but the past couple of weeks, have been fun! www.schlockmercenary.com For those of you …

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## [Find a number](https://forums.suse.com/t/find-a-number/23316)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/find-a-number/23316 "2012-11-16T17:26:23Z")

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Where would be the best free place to find out who/what owns a skype number? The number 661-748-0240 has called my land line 4 times in the last couple days. Last night I got calls at 12:24am, 12:25am, and 5:30am. …

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## [Hi this is Susan your local google specialist...](https://forums.suse.com/t/hi-this-is-susan-your-local-google-specialist/23313)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hi-this-is-susan-your-local-google-specialist/23313 "2012-11-15T17:40:08Z")

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I get these calls a couple of times a week. I’ve tried to block them but can’t. :frowning: Today I dug a little deeper into where these things originate and found a website with a fascinating story about how Pacific T…

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## [Web Hosting](https://forums.suse.com/t/web-hosting/23300)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/web-hosting/23300 "2012-11-14T03:38:43Z")

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A user needs a web hosting site for a private project. The site will store a large quantity of JPEGs and tags - e.g. Category1, Category 2, Category 3, etc. The idea is that the visitors can search by category name an…

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## [strange CSS behavior](https://forums.suse.com/t/strange-css-behavior/23295)

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**Author:** [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/strange-css-behavior/23295 "2012-11-13T23:35:40Z")

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Hi folks, I have a strange forum behavior to report: Let’s say I successfully logged in to the forums and have the list of SLES sub-forums open (https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?8-SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server),…

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## [R/W Latency to disks in virtual environments (VMWare)](https://forums.suse.com/t/r-w-latency-to-disks-in-virtual-environments-vmware/23283)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/r-w-latency-to-disks-in-virtual-environments-vmware/23283 "2012-11-13T17:46:01Z")

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Hi Forum, I’m just curious what are your values for min/max/average values for r/w operations on virtual disks which are hosted on a SAN attached via fibre. Unfortunately I have no values to compare with, but the val…

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## [server monitoring](https://forums.suse.com/t/server-monitoring/23268)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/server-monitoring/23268 "2012-11-10T19:41:26Z")

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I always thought that’s what users were for, but now I’m told that software should be the thing that tells me when a server isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do. It looks like there are plenty of things out there that…

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## [Getting my Win8 today!](https://forums.suse.com/t/getting-my-win8-today/23244)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 49\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/getting-my-win8-today/23244 "2012-11-08T00:51:04Z")

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Happpy happy day day! Been running XP at home since forever. Gotta love Win8 Pro for $40!

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## [wifi options...](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-options/23270)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-options/23270 "2012-11-06T23:26:01Z")

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I am currently providing wifi in my building with a simple Linksys wireless router. This is only for internet access - no access to my network - and is used by guests and employees. I would like to provide wireless …

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## [nntp access issues?](https://forums.suse.com/t/nntp-access-issues/23274)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nntp-access-issues/23274 "2012-11-06T17:29:16Z")

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Has anything changed recently? Seems like the past few days I frequently get timeout errors while posting or reading the forum with my newsreader. Is it just me? Ken

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## [SCCM Task Sequence blew up AustraliaÂs CommBank](https://forums.suse.com/t/sccm-task-sequence-blew-up-australiaa-s-commbank/23262)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sccm-task-sequence-blew-up-australiaa-s-commbank/23262 "2012-11-02T21:57:00Z")

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This was posted a few months back, goes into the annals of what not to do. ‘SCCM Task Sequence blew up Australia’s CommBank’ (http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/08/06/sccm-task-sequence-blew-up-australias-commbank/)…

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## [Netware 3.12](https://forums.suse.com/t/netware-3-12/23251)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/netware-3-12/23251 "2012-10-31T00:39:13Z")

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Ppl in our dept have been cleaning up some stuff, found a box w/ Netware 3.12 media, books, etc in it. Anyone want it, or know of anyone/where that might want it? Just figured I’d ask here before it goes bye-bye. – …

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## [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension Achieves S](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-high-availability-extension-achieves-s/23250)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-high-availability-extension-achieves-s/23250 "2012-10-30T15:53:32Z")

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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension Achieves SAP-Certified Integration with SAP NetWeaver 30-Oct-2012 14:31 SUSEÂ® today announced, as part of its ongoing alliance with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), its SUSE Linux …

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## [Dilbert](https://forums.suse.com/t/dilbert/23232)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/dilbert/23232 "2012-10-30T06:26:01Z")

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Is spot on these past few days. www.dilbert.com

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## [Lost data](https://forums.suse.com/t/lost-data/23225)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/lost-data/23225 "2012-10-29T19:43:18Z")

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I have a user who has been working out of a volume on the server she alone has access to. We have been backing up this data on a local USB drive off her computer. Data turns up missing both places. Folders are intac…

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## [Single-Sign-On Solution](https://forums.suse.com/t/single-sign-on-solution/23247)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/single-sign-on-solution/23247 "2012-10-29T14:57:04Z")

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Hi Everyone. Pretty new to Novell but I have been searching for a single-sign-on solution that will take Active Directory LDAP credentials and provide them to eDirectory so that a manually executed loginw32.exe will …

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## [Survey.](https://forums.suse.com/t/survey/23233)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/survey/23233 "2012-10-25T18:31:13Z")

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If you have used both (1) Hotmail and (2) GMail do you prefer number 1 or 2? I choose 1.

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## [SR Initial Response SLA/Process](https://forums.suse.com/t/sr-initial-response-sla-process/23223)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sr-initial-response-sla-process/23223 "2012-10-23T21:06:03Z")

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The SLA mentioned in some other threads for an initial response time… what should that measure exactly? I ask because I wonder if it means the first time anybody from Novell does anything on the SR, or if it’s the fi…

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## [Office files](https://forums.suse.com/t/office-files/23206)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/office-files/23206 "2012-10-23T01:47:51Z")

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We are running into issues where users’ files are becoming inaccessible. We have had word docs, excel docs, and recently started having issues with a couple publisher files. These files are pretty old, like modified i…

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## [uuencode making me nuts](https://forums.suse.com/t/uuencode-making-me-nuts/23217)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/uuencode-making-me-nuts/23217 "2012-10-19T20:51:36Z")

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So I’ve been working on this ksh script to attach a pdf file to an email using uuencode. Works absolutely brilliant until I put the the script inside a ‘while true do’ at which point it wants to attach the pdf as a ze…

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## [openSUSE Project Announces Appointment of Vincent Untz as op](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-project-announces-appointment-of-vincent-untz-as-op/23198)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-project-announces-appointment-of-vincent-untz-as-op/23198 "2012-10-15T19:30:15Z")

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openSUSE Project Announces Appointment of Vincent Untz as openSUSE Board Chair 21-Sep-2012 21:37 The openSUSEÂ® Project, a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere, today announced the appointment of …

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## [Longtime SUSE and Teradata Partnership Thrives as Big Data C](https://forums.suse.com/t/longtime-suse-and-teradata-partnership-thrives-as-big-data-c/23199)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/longtime-suse-and-teradata-partnership-thrives-as-big-data-c/23199 "2012-10-15T19:30:15Z")

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Longtime SUSE and Teradata Partnership Thrives as Big Data Changes World of Business Analytics 21-Sep-2012 07:00 SUSEÂ® and Teradata, the leading analytic data solutions company, today reaffirmed their partnership at S…

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## [SUSE Manager Update Streamlines Linux Management](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-update-streamlines-linux-management/23201)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-update-streamlines-linux-management/23201 "2012-10-15T19:30:15Z")

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SUSE Manager Update Streamlines Linux Management 19-Sep-2012 13:27 SUSEÂ® today announced from its user conference, SUSECon, the release of SUSE Manager 1.7 the latest version of its systems management solution for ent…

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## [SUSEÂs Alan Clark Elected Chairman of OpenStack Foundation B](https://forums.suse.com/t/susea-s-alan-clark-elected-chairman-of-openstack-foundation-b/23200)

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**Author:** [@forumsadmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/forumsadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/susea-s-alan-clark-elected-chairman-of-openstack-foundation-b/23200 "2012-10-15T19:30:15Z")

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SUSEÂs Alan Clark Elected Chairman of OpenStack Foundation Board 19-Sep-2012 13:50 SUSEÂ® today announced that Alan Clark, director of Industry Initiatives, Emerging Standards and Open Source at SUSE, was elected Chai…

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## [My folks](https://forums.suse.com/t/my-folks/23162)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/my-folks/23162 "2012-10-14T05:48:03Z")

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Well, their 50th anniversary is this saturday. My brother and I tried to get something planned for them, some kind of surprise dinner or something. They weren’t very cooperative as far as when they were going to be …

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## [Ghosting a Dell latitude E6410](https://forums.suse.com/t/ghosting-a-dell-latitude-e6410/23190)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ghosting-a-dell-latitude-e6410/23190 "2012-10-12T14:39:18Z")

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Hello everyone.. First of all my apologies if this is not the correct location to post this. I have s Dell latitude E6420 that I been trying to ghost via pxe but I get “Cannot find the zenwoks repository activating…

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## [As of today I've gone back to Firefox](https://forums.suse.com/t/as-of-today-ive-gone-back-to-firefox/23154)

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**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/as-of-today-ive-gone-back-to-firefox/23154 "2012-10-11T11:53:53Z")

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I’ve been running Chrome on Linux for some time now. Back in the early days Chrome was far snappier with page loads and overall navigation. Lately, probably last three months or so performance has severely dropped. No…

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