> R J Partington wrote: > > > > Well, I'm using a DX2/66 with 8MB memory and I _still_ find that linux > > is straining (usually compiling or running X). > > Running X and compiling just starts to eat into my swap-space, and I've > got 16M RAM. Not really the right group for this, but things are MUCH faster > when you upgrade your RAM. Even just starting X with 8MB it thrashes far too > much.
Adding memory without adding cache makes everything run slower! The same effect will occure if you don't add swap-space at the same time. > Si > -Frode
