On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 07:59:40AM +1000, Brad wrote:
>
> I have been using Linux on the desktop at work and home for the past 18
> months and I really like it. However, at times it is woefully slow to do
> anything.

[ snip benchmark results ]

Hummm.... This isn't at all normal.
Your computer is faster than mine and all my apps start in less than
10 seconds (except maybe OOo, which I've never used).

> The HD light is usually on hard as applications load, indicating heavy use
> of the swap file.

with 256Mb??
What's the output of "free -mot"?
What services are you running?

Emmanuel


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