Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- I would be very much surprised if you obtained a good performance without tuning your kernel though (assuming you're running KDE 3.X). It's very unlikely to hear someone who installed a distro from CDs without too many tweaking, and got it nice and smooth immediately.
James. :wq > 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" > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------
