Re: [TCLUG:9862] slow system

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 08:06:09PM -0500, Compsk8r34@aol.com wrote:
> Hello, I installed a gnome system and did automatic partitioning,
> when ever I start xwindows it loads and runs super slow, when ever I
> load netscape it takes like 3 minuets to load, I have Linux 6.1
> Standard.  Im pretty sure the computer isnt the problem, My computer
> is a micron it has 120mh, 16mb ram, and 1gig hd.  If anyone could
> help me out on making my system run faster that would be great.

	In my experience, GNOME is a huge memory hog.  I would switch
to a simpler desktop if you can.

	Netscape is also a huge memory hog, so having GNOME and
Netscape running at the same time is a recipe for thrashing.

	I may be wrong about this.  I don't have much experience with
running Linux on a memory limited machine.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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