try running a smaller footprint window manager instead of KDE. sawmill or
icewm and other are much smaller and should run faster. Check
freshmeant.net for a complete list.
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
> GUI for a low end machine...
> windows 3.1 works fine on this machine, it doesn't offer all we need though.
>
> I installed Mandrake 7.0 with a no-maths co-processor kernel
> on a DELL 433MC 8MbRAM 486processor upgraded 800Mb hard drive.
> it has a great 256 640x480 colour screen 1Mbvideo RAM
> Currently ~25Mb swap is being used with KDE and basic text editor.
