On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Ariz Jacinto wrote:
> >Currently, I have the 486 box running on 2.4.20-ck2, no kernel modules, > >a minimal amount of packages, and Emacs. Yes, Emacs. If anyone can give > >me tips on making Emacs run better on lousy hardware, I'd be much > >obliged, thank you. :) I might even buy you a cup of coffee or two. ;) > > > > it seems like you're asking sacha for date. =) > hmmm... ;) anyway, regarding emacs running on such hardware, i think you would be better of getting the 'stripped down' emacs, so that it won't hog too much of your very little resources. why not explore other text editors like vi and nano? i think they're more lightweight than emacs. and i think you're better off with the console than with X on that machine, and try getting midnight commander up for your file management needs, then use the GNU/Linux tools for _anything_ you might possibly need, without having to resort to GUI based solutions. since you're on slackware, and a coffee loving masochist, you might want to try coding your own ncurses based applications to boot. ;) all IMHO. HTH! :) -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
