On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a friend who I'm trying to introduce to Linux. I installed
> Linux-Mandrake 7.1 on his system, and everything worked. However, it is
> extremely slow at networking, and swaps all the time. His machine is
> connected to a Road Runner cable modem, so the internet access should be
> extremely fast, but it's not. Netscape gets ~2K/second, and is "slower
> than Windows." He also has Win95 installed in /dev/hda1.
>
Seems to me the Window Manager is sucking up a lto of mem, and so is the
X-server. Here are some tips:
1. If the X-server is on 24 bits, lower it to 15 or 16 bit color depth,
that saves a lot of mem.
2. Turn off stuff that uses sound, that uses mem too
3. Choose a lightweight WM such as TWM, Afterstep, Blackbox, or XFCE.
4. Turn off the screensaver
5. Use stuff like links, or links, instead of Netscape. Use a lighter
browser, maybe even some gui browsers support html 1.0.
6. If you do use Netscape, lower the memory cache, in the preferences.
7. Do a top, and see what is taking up the mem, and see if you can disable
it.
> Please help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Asheesh Laroia.
>
>
>
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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aug 20
