This is a follow-up to the discussion at the May meeting regarding the benefits and economics of a faster CPU and larger memory complement in speeding up an old desktop machine (mine) running Debian Linux.
It turns out that the simple, no-cost solution was to cease using FireFox (aka IceWeasel). A bit of investigation using the Linux utility "top" revealed FireFox to be the obvious culprit. Then, a posting to the Debian-users list revealed that many people are scratching their heads over the problem of systems in which the system appears to run ever slower, and that FireFox appears to be the common denominator. The solution was to reboot the system (simply stopping all instances of FireFox was not sufficient) and running another browser. I have switched to the default browser for Debian, which is Epiphany (aka Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3). The result is a drastic improvement in system response and processing speed. Problem solved! RLH _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
