ok. im not 100% sure if its a software problem, and im hoping its not a hardware problem, but when im doing a few things at once (compiling something, [EMAIL PROTECTED], and browsing the web) my system gets really slow. i installed linux a few days ago and i cant really under stand why. even typing this email is slow (letters comming up after the next one has been typed). my load average is 3.33, 3.34, 2.79. i have a dual AMD Athlon 2Gz, 1Gb ram (666mb free) 1 gb swap (980 total, 980 free). the drive is a western digital 120Gb special edition with 8mb cache. hdparm -tT /dev/hda shows: /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 460 MB in 2.15 seconds = 214.45 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 144 MB in 3.03 seconds = 47.52 MB/sec im using the kernel from genkernel (2.4.20, like the boot cd). Any ideas? Thanks in advance. -- Lotas T Smartman, MCP www.lotas-smartman.net www.the-hairy-one.com www.lsn-blog.tk
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