On 11/11/2007, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Upgrading the memory of the computer will improve performance, but may not > > be required. > > > Ubuntu, like Windows but to a lesser extent, becomes more memory hungry > each release... that isn't, to be fair, really Ubuntu's fault but rather the > packages therein... Openoffice, for instance, is becoming absolutely huge > and tools like Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution etc. don't get any smaller > (!)... that said, a lot more things are being loaded by default (because > they can!) and that takes memory too... > > 128MB of RAM really isn't enough... with so little memory you're going to > get a lot of swapping onto disk which is obviously going to slow the machine > down a lot... the drive itself may also be, to put it nicely, "slightly > short of bleeding edge" which would mean swapping should be avoided if > possible. > > It's probable that if you are running Feisty with 128MB you will be able > to upgrade and run Gutsy but it is likely you will see a deterioration in > performance. Memory is very cheap these days, have you thought about > perhaps buying some extra RAM to breath a bit of new life into the old > beast? > > Sean >
Listen, you are talking to a puppeteer not a techy! RAM where do I put it...post it into the CDdrawer? is this a very technical job to put in more memory? Is this DIY of for technical son to do? Caroline ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com
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