Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* I am currently using KDE on Mandrake 9.1. I run a webserver with three sites on it and a small mail server with about 15 users. I also use it for my daily dose of Word processing, occassional music and email. I really cannot complain about the performance. My machine is a P3 800 Mhz 512 MB RAM
Mario On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 14:18, James Attard wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'm continuously hearing folks saying "Why is Linux slower than windows > even with the latest hardware?" and some of them will even get discouraged > from using Linux because of this sluggishness. The fact is that current > file managers (KDE/GNOME) which come with modern distros literally eat a > hell lot of memory. You can try to turn off unneeded services which load > up automatically upon startup... or you may even try to recompile your own > kernel with only the necessary modules. You may even try to use linux on > level 3 (i.e. text based). > > I confess that i really like using text based only linux, and i even > managed to do that for an entire month - internet browsing, listening to > mp3's, sending emails, office applications, etc... - all in a text based > version. The box was really fast. > > On the other hand, text-based-only linuces deprive the users from other > useful applications such as graphic design, flash, 3D gaming, and the > like.. So that's why X-Windows play their important role. > > Back to the question... How can we speed up Linux, yet, still enjoying a > nice GUI? The answer is to use Window Managers other than KDE/GNOME. KDE > and GNOME are really cool, but are considered as heavyweight managers, and > therefore require quite a powerful workstation to run smoothly. On the > other hand, there exist "less cool, in terms of eye candy" window managers > which run very smoothly even on slow computers. There are many around, but > the ones I've tried are Fluxbox, Sawfish, Blackbox, Enlightenment, Ice, > and XFCe. Imagine them as Desktop Environments which require less > CPU/memory. Once properly installed and configured, at the boot-up you can > get an added session option, eg. Default, KDE, GNOME, Blackbox, Failsafe. > - assuming Blackbox was installed. You can install more than one, thus > widening your choice. The package is not large (smaller than 2MB) and you > can get the same results of their heavy weight counterparts.. > > For the guys who are still not convinced about the idea that with a bit of > tweaking, one can make a very fast box and at the same time a good-looking > desktop, here's one of my screenshots which i took a couple of minutes > ago: > > http://www.boomspeed.com/linuxer1/snapshot.jpg > > I'm quite sure that the GUI guys out there can do something thousand times > better than this, but I'll leave that for you. > > PS: Take a look at the monitoring application at the right hand side of > the snapshot - with these opened applications: ICQ client, IRC client, mp3 > player, 6 browser windows, 2 terminals, a high resolution desktop, gimp, > and some other background processes which amount to a total of 62 > processes, the CPU PEAK load barely reached the 10%, which is around > 180MHz (Note that this is just the PEAK value - the value will then > diminish according to caching) ... ;) > > Removing unneeded daemons, as stated above (but I have no time to expand > on it now), will also improve the performance (in terms of speed) of your > linux box. > > James (madvip) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux > mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing > list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" containing only the text "unsubscribe $LIST"
