Thanks Ilija! Much appreciated.
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J.Rafael.S�nchez Systems Administrator =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Itres Research Limited www.itres.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ilija Stankovski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Mandrake 9 very slow! > Providing a list of running processes and memory/CPU load would help. > Try tunning top and see which process uses up most of your CPU cycles... > > Mandrake does come with gozzilion of programs you never use that may run > and chew up your cycles. Try to use light weight WM as the other fella > suggested or maybe try a light weight distro for lower end hardware. > Debian could run nicely on such hardware... > > In any event, provide some stats for comparison and reference on your > system... > > J. Rafael S�nchez wrote: > > >Hi and good day to you all, > > > >Is Mandrake 9.0 meant to run slow on celerons? > >Have a celeron 800 with 128M of ram, good size hard drive. > > > >It runs very slow - I've done three different installation choosing three > >diffent options "standard, expert, etc" but the same thing. I installed the > >i586 distribution. > > > >Should I have used the i386 distribution? I wanted to try Mandrake 9.0 and > >there was no i386 that I could find. > > > >Your opinion would be appreciated. > > > >Raf. > > > > > >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > >J.Rafael.S�nchez > >Systems Administrator > >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > >Itres Research Limited > >www.itres.com > > > > > > > >
