On Thu, 19 May 2005 20:13:19 +0800 Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/19/05, Nacho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have doubts about upgrading to Sarge (when it's stable) because my > > PC is about 6 years old, and actually with Woody it's not slow, this > > is the hardware: > > > > - CPU AMD K6-2 400 Mhz > > - 224 Mb RAM > > - 180 Gb HD > > > > The problem is that I use it for lots of things: > > > > - Long queries to postgresql which can last between 5 to 30 minutes > > - Web development > > - Multimedia (divx, mp3...) > > - desktop applications: firefox, staroffice, gimp... > > - Execute remote X applications (more firefox, staroffice, gimp...) > > - Several Gb encrypted directories > > - Many more things... That machine seems pretty capable for most tasks you mention, however if I used a machine so intensively I would think about getting some hardware upgrades in terms of a better motherboard and dito memory/cpu ;) > > And I'm worried that if I upgrade to Sarge I could feel that it's > > slower for making the same amount of job... what do you think about > > this? Some applications will be significantly faster, like KDE, and most likely the media player you are using. Most will also consume more memory, but if I am not mistaken, if you are blessed with 224 MB, I don't see a problem there. > If it works, why fix it? :D > > > Also, I'm using kernel 2.2.26, it supports all the hardware I have so > > I haven't upgraded... could I run Sarge without upgrading my kernel? > > is really an advantage to upgrade kernel in such old hardware as this? > > A dist-upgrade would never force you to upgrade to a new kernel. > > That being said, the 2.6 kernels do have better support for desktops > that it's got good performance even on older hardware. The bad news is > it does this at the expense of being bigger in size compared to a 2.2 > kernel. Yet again, YMMV. A well-compiled 2.6 kernel will give better performance, period. It's maybe a MB bigger then a 2.2 kernel, but again, the memory the kernel takes is the least of your worries. Openoffice eats a 20 times more ;-) -- Frank Van Damme -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
