+++ Ritesh Raj Sarraf [2004-03-23 22:07:35]: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:10:13 +0530 > Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 23/03/04 07:07 +0100, Diwakar Ranganathan wrote: > > > I've a serious problem with Red Hat which nobody seems > > > to have. > > > > > > My Celeron-467-Mhz-with-128-MB-RAM machine is too slow > > Add more RAM? > > > This doesn't sound to be an appropriate answer. 128mb of RAM is normally > okay for a Desktop machine. Doesn't Microsoft run absolutely superb on the > same hardware configuration ? This is, where Microsoft still beats > GNU/Linux on the desktop front.
When did you last run a MS OS faster than Linux on 128megs of RAM ? back in 1998 my linux box with 64MB was way more responsive than an NT box with 96MB... and it has always been that way. > I too feel there to be some performance issues with the RedHat shipped GUI. > One option would be to use "prelink" or RH/FC also come with prelinked binaries. > a better option would be to switch > to Debian :-) I run with Debian SID on my PII 400mhz with 64mb or RAM fine. > As DB said, go with a lighter Window Manager. IceWM would be my choice. And this is an "appropriate answer"TM because ? > > > with Red Hat 8 and Fedora Core-1 (including PCQLinux 2004). This even > > > after I reduced the graphics when I first logged into the latest KDE > > > (PCQLinux 2004). PCQ Linux 7.1 was super fast on my machine. Mandrake > > > 7.2, 8.2 and 9.1 were also fast. If your machine is slow overall (time booting into text mode(init 3) on RH/Mdk and calculate the difference) It might have something to do with ACPI... try disabling ACPI (I think the kernel parameter is "noacpi" but I could be wrong.) Kingsly -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
