Very good point here. John, if you were to just boot without the GUI, how does it perform tasks like compiling a kernel? Granted, it's not going to scream, but be warned that many a user has been fooled into thinking that their PC is slow just because the GUI is slow. Myself in included, many years ago.
Regards, Ben Pitzer On 2/28/06, Magnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure it's the ram? And not the video card or drivers? > > I've got an nVidia card that is slow as snot on a AMD 3000+ if you use the > open source drivers. Download the proprietary drivers from nVidia and it > gets downright snappy. > > On 2/28/06, John Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I have installed Ubuntu 5.10 onto an AMD Athalon 700Mhz box w/ 64MB RAM. > > I am impressed with it's ability to identify all of my hardware off > > the bat. Of course my issue is that the windows draw SO slow with my > > limited RAM. > > > > Are there some things I can do to optimize the Window Manager a > > little bit? (besides buying more ram) > > This needs to merely be a web kiosk box with the ability to print to > > a little inkjet. > > > > Any suggestions are very welcome. > > > > John > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > -- > "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in > the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." > —James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 47 > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
