This email was mistakenly delivered to Positive Telecom, Inc. and is being forwarded to the intended recipient as a courtesy. Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- IGNATIUS NAYAN D'ROZARIO wrote: > R U sure that your Linux install actually 'detects' & knows about the 128 > Mb of RAM that u have ? I being a newbie too realized that Linux happily > assumed that I had 64Mb of RAM until I put in "append='mem=96M'" in > lilo.conf ! Try this,replacing the 96M with 128M. It should work. I have > had great results with Netscape in Linux vis-a-vis Win 98. I too have a > dual boot system and find that especially downloading is BLAZING fast with > Linux. > > INIGO > > At 15:03 21/02/99 -0600, rude bwot wrote: > >hi linx gods > > > >relatively new 2 the linux world and loving it - but there's a rumble in > > > >paradise - a rumbling hard drive that iz. > > > >i am using : > >redhat 5.1 > >kernel 2.0.34 > >Xfree86 3.3.2 (mach 64 server) > > > >on a: > >AMD 350 > >128MB SDRAM (100MHZ bus) > >ATI rage II video card (AGP, 8meg) > > > >as expected - machine iz fast - i've got win98/linux dual boot. > >win98 iz on the master drive of the primary controller. > >linux iz on the slave drive of the primary controller. > >128MB swap partition iz on the master drive. > >(cdrom iz on secondary controller) > > > >Now - all iz good EXCEPT when i run netscape (4.05) on linux > >and have more than 2 or 3 netscape windows open (i really havent > >played around with much other X apps) . > > > >The windows take a year and a day 2 repaint, the response of the > >mouse 2 user input iz appauling and the h/d grinds away like crazy > >as if i only had 8MG of ram instead of 128MB of 10ns SDRAM. > > > >Being a linux wanna be - i wuz tolerant of this - until a friend (pc > >illiterate friend) came over - and wuz using netscape on linux - now > >she iz accustomed 2 netscape on windows - (on a slower pc) - it > >was then i realized how bad the performance of X/netscape really wuz > > > >i haven't run any tests - but netscape on win98/95 iz NOTICABLY > >faster than on linux. (same pc) > > > >question iz: what am i doing wrong? or iz this just 1 of the trials of > >life > >us OS deviants have 2 live with??? > > > >oh - don't think this matters - but i am running XFCE as my window > >manager (perfomance seems 2 b better than FVWM - i hate FVWM > >anyways) > >also my resolution iz 1280x1024 - 16million colours (24bpp) - as > >comparative analysis - win98 iz using the same resolution 2. > > > >i really do hope someone can give me some pointers in the rite direction > > > >(my friends r still in a state of shock that i have windows installed on > >my > >PC - AND i actually still use it - i'm a disgrace 2 the linux > >community!!) > >:) > >thanks in advance to all who respond... > > /////// > (O) (O) > -------------------------oOOo--( )--oOOo----------------------------- > > This Email comes to from: + Address : 19/E,Ripon Street > + 1st Floor > IGNATIUS NAYAN D'ROZARIO + Calcutta 700 016 > Phone : 229 1767 + WEST BENGAL > Pager : 9628 303387 + INDIA > > Email me at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send a Cc to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------oooO-------------------------------------- > ( ) Oooo. > \ ( ( ) > \_) ) / > (_/
