On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 02:40:30AM +0300, Anarky wrote: > I've completelly given up windows .. forcing myself to do everything > in linux ... tweaking, configuring & learning .. .. but I feel like > it's moving in slow motion .. I'm going insane: I'm using blackbox .. > which should be a very fast wm, too .. btw .. I just rebooted to > windows and there on my same old junk 550Mhz Athlon apps started > instantaneously here, in linux, there's like a 5 sec delay when I'm > not even sure if say Firebird or Mozilla Mail, is starting ..
Do you have DMA enabled for your HD? If you are using an IDE drive and it's configured as primary on the first controller, you can check it with the following command as root: hdparm /dev/hda > So why am I writing this here? ... well. for one part because I've > found great people here and I'm hoping to get encouragements not to > leave linux & the such (even personally, not via the list) ... but > especially because some people have said things like: I should be > working in KDE, as it would have the libraries & stuff needed for KDE > apps already loaded and thus my computer could perform better. Is > this true? Is there a solution while still remaining in blackbox? If you use mainly KDE applications, you may see a bit of an improvement as far as launch times. However the general indications you've provided above seem to indicate a larger configuration problem (perhaps DMA like I indicated above). -- Jamin W. Collins Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
