On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:04:39 +0100, "Joseph MICHEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello, > > I have just installed Red Hat Linux 9.0 on my PC (Intel Pentium > 233 Mhz MMX, Ram 64 Mo, Disk space 8 Go, Graphic card : Matrox > Millenium 4 Mo). There was no problem during installation. > However, everything is extremely slow : the least application > (even the desktop menu) takes several minutes to open. ..last time I installed RH9, recommendation said 128MB ram and 400MHz cpu speed as a recommended minimum. ;-) > Please advise : Can Debian Linux do better ? And what is better : > upgrade Red Hat to Debian or install Debian from zero ? ..yep, do whichever is easier for you, Debian can make use of your current disk slices, you wanna back up /home and /usr/local and possibly parts of /var, and make a tarball of /etc with ' tar zcvf /home/old-etc.tar.gz /etc ', handy for references in case Debian backfires on you by not seeing some hardware. ...then let the debian installer overwrite all else of your RH9'er install. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
