>From: Bob Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>I think that changing distributions is not the best way to solve your
>problem - especially since you are a computer science student. You'll
>learn more and have more control over your system by taking Steven's list
>of suggestions...(paths and files below are based on RH6.0)
>
> >1. Replace your bloated desktop with a lean wm, like icewm.
>
>Why not have NO window manager but keep the X daemon up and running to
>service X applications only as needed? Then run from the command line or
>maybe with Midnight Commander (mc) to make things easier - LOTS of
>functionality there.
>
Hmm... I don't really know how to do this... thought startx launches the
X daemon, but it already starts the window manager too..
In fact I don't use a bloated desktop, I tried Enlightenment (with GNOME)
once and KDE, and then 'my machine gets into trouble'... and with that I
mean
it starts trashing and for example you've got to wait 10-15 secs till the
drop
down menu you clicked appears.... then still 10 secs till highlighted menu
item
succeeds to follow your mouse.. you know what i mean ? Anyway I don't like
KDE,
and GNOME is fine if you've got the appropriate machine.. I use XFCE3, and
that's
pretty fast and certainly not bloated...
> > 2. Downgrade your Netscape to a less bloated version.
>
Yep.. already did that some time ago, have a Netscape 3.04.. and sometimes I
use lynx.
> > 3. Turn off unnecessary processes (including ttys)
>
>Look at /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Small-Memory for some hints on getting
>your memory useage down. But with 48 MB of RAM,
I'll check this out.
> > 4. Optimize your kernel.
>
I'll try a kernel recompile...
Thanks for all the hints,
Piwi
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