Thanks, I didn't think it sounded right... but as this is the only
experience I've had with it I didn't know.
later
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eugene C. Zesch
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 12:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
Charles Ulwelling wrote:
> Hum... Well when I open it it isn't just slow it gets to the point where
it
> just isn't responding, I assumed it was a bug in linux as far as RAM
> utilization went. By not responding I mean I'll move the mouse and it
will
> take about 3 seconds for it to *jump* to the location I moved it to. It
is
> really annoying.
> Just out of curiosity should linux run as smoothly as win98 as far as
> opening apps, and moving the app window across the screen or is it
naturally
> jumpy and something I should get used to.
>
> Thanks,
> Charles Ulwelling
>
Charles,
Something is not right. I'm not adept enough to fix it for you but my
poor
little P166 running Mandrake 6.0 with 48 Megs sounds a lot smoother and
speedier than that.
You might call up a list of running processes with ps -ax -l and
see
if anything is using a lot of cpu time. Or find a monitoring program. I
think
I've seen one that even gave pie charts of cpu usage by process, but the
name
escapes me.
What you're experiencing is not typical of Linux.
Good luck,
Gene
