[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>since someone has brought KDE, i'll ask a related question. > >some of my linux boxes are Pentium 133/166 with 48MB of RAM. =20 >others are Pentium 133/166 with 32 MB of RAM. Mandrake 8.1 with >the stock KDE (2.2.1 from the RPM names :) is too slow on all of >these computers. is Gnome faster? (haven't tried, got discouraged >too quickly, and my users are accustomed to KDE, and i didn't want to >confuse them even if only temporarily.) Both can run tolerably there, though GNOME is faster. But, compared with the lightweight WMs on a similar setup, GNOME and KDE2 crawl... Others have posted the real reasons... >i suppose i could install KDE and Gnome support and build my own >desktops and menus and put in menu or links to everything (mainly >games and networking applications) in a lighter WM (i like icewm), >but before i go and try that (could take a while since i'll be doing it >on slow >hardware, and in my spare time), has anyone had success >running the latest KDE or Gnome on old, slow, memory-poor >computers and have them run acceptably? is there an easy way to >set all this up? is there stuff i can disable that will free up some >memory and >make things run faster? Tried them on even slower systems (Pentium 90, 16MB of RAM). KDE2 is the worst, followed by GNOME with Enlightenment, then GNOME with Sawfish. The only reasonable thing to do is don't use any of the two desktop environments and stick to the lightweight window managers like fvwm2 (feeble? vwm...), window maker, afterstep... for those low end systems (we still use them in my dad's office since we can't afford upgrading the hardware at all), I installed blackbox. Users simply need to right-click at the desktop, navigate through the simple menu and presto - application launches. >buying new hardware is not an option. all of this is pro-bono. there >is no budget >for upgrading the hardware. First I considered using Windows 95 to get them working (no kidding, that thought ran through my mind...), but since I can't find Win95 anymore, decided to use Linux instead. saved a lot of money though initially it was tough... the machines run fine and fast (they run better than my lone Pentium 200 running Windows (98FE) with 64 MB of RAM which crashes once every two months). They were first running RH but recently switched them to Debian Potato last sem to make upgrading them easier. Paolo Falcone OT: btw, does anyone know where can I buy cheap SIMMS? The Pentium 90's and 120's (Compaq Prolineas) we have have 6 slots, of which two are occupied with 8MB SIMMS. Is 16MB the limit for a SIMM card? or are there even higher-end SIMMS (still) available? __________________________________ www.edsamail.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
