Hi, I have debian on my laptop and a comcast broadband connection.
When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on the screen as I type them is super slow. When I open a lot of tabs, i.e. web sites, my system goes so slow that I can no longer effectivly surf the Internet. How do I solve these two problems? Specs of my system: cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 183820 kB cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 498.170 cache size : 256 KB df -h /dev/hda1 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 37G 2.7G 32G 8% / I am using KDE. It is what was automatically installed when I installed Debian. I believe I do not have the recommended amount of RAM to effectively use KDE, and that is affecting my typing in gmail and my overall web surfing experience. I think I need to install a different Window Manager and/or Desktop. I don't understand the difference between a Window Manager and a Desktop. Can someone clarify? How do I install a different Window Manager and/or Desktop? Most importantly, can you please recommend a combination of Window Manager, Desktop, and Web Browser, given my computers modest specs, such that I can compose emails in gmail without the letters appearing so slow, and furthermore open a lot of tabs and surf the web effectively. Perhaps it is the case that I need to invest in new hardware, but I don't think so. Linux is suppose to work on old stuff. Perhaps I'm asking too much of Linux on my old laptop? I don't know. I just know that I'm kind of miserable composing emails in gmail, and in surfing the net. Thank you for your consideration. Victor _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
