11.5.4 Slow Machine ------------------- If you have a slow machine, or are just really impatient, there are a few things you can do to make Gnus run faster. Set ‘gnus-check-new-newsgroups’ and ‘gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups’ to ‘nil’ to make startup faster. Set ‘gnus-show-threads’, ‘gnus-use-cross-reference’ and ‘gnus-nov-is-evil’ to ‘nil’ to make entering and exiting the summary buffer faster. Also Slow/Expensive Connection.