amarok on ubuntu hardy takes 15 minutes to startup

[Brian McKee]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Ryan Toler <jester465 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Note that running mysql just to speed up one program might slowdown
> the rest of the system. I'm not sure but the default install starts at
> least 5 but may be up to 10 processes each eating up ram and CPU
> Cycles. This might not be a problem for your machine but you should
> weigh the pros and cons of a faster music player or faster system as a
> whole.

I've found mysql to be pretty good at doing nothing when it's doing
nothing...  I doubt the effect is very noticeable on system
performance as a whole, execpt when actively used for more complicated
things like searches.  It's got to be heavier than SQLite, but I
haven't noticed it.

Brian