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I didn't tweak the kernel (to be honest I wouldn't know where to start). I installed out of the box. I'm new to Linux and have only been using it since June. Previously I had a similar setup on the same machine running Win 2K and performance was very slow. So I am basing my comments by comparing Win 2K server with Mandrake Linux 9.1. Mario On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:15, 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 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. 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