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		drewg123 on April 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much faster are the Gnome 46 terminals? I just made a big file (something like cat /usr/share/dict/words >> /tmp/zot a few times) and then just cat'ed that at the commandline

enriquto on April 8, 2024 [–]

I cannot reproduce this with xterm(372). I build a file that needs 20 seconds to print whole, but I can stop it with ^C instantaneously anytime I try.

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