On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 09:55:37AM -0500, Chip Rose wrote: > My wife's Windows98 computer is a LOT faster than my Debian3.0/KDE > computer also. Her's is a 1.3ghz with 512mb RAM and my is only a > 450mhz with 128mb RAM, but her computer *instantly* loads any program > and runs many at the same time with no slowdown. I know that her > hardware is more powerful, but it's like night and day.
As it should be. The difference in hardware specs alone is night and day. Your wife's processor is ~3 times faster (on hz) and has 4 times the memory. Both play a large role in the performance of the machine (especially when using a Desktop Environment). If you were to put another 128-256 Meg of RAM in your system you would notice a definite performance increase. > I still love Linux because it's more stable, and Debian in particular, > but is there any way to speed it up? Will using something other than > KDE do it? Without a doubt. KDE, Gnome, and any other Desktop Environment will use a considerable amount of your system resources. I wouldn't dream of running any Desktop Environment on my K7-650 or my C1VN laptop. However, running Blackbox on both of these systems works wonders. Occasionally, I'll run KDE on my K7-1Ghz to help a friend with a question or two, but most of the time I run Blackbox, the responsiveness is very nice. Beyond just the move from a Desktop Environment to a Window Manager alone, you'll probably want to look at the applications you're using and ask yourself if there's another application that is lighter and still accomplishes what you're after. For example, there's little point in getting rid of Gnome only to use Evolution on a regular basis as Evolution loads quite a number of Gnome components. (I have nothing against Evolution specifically, just using it to illustrate a point). -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
