London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 11/11/2007, *Sean Miller* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[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 >
It's not that technical, but if you know someone who could do it for you then that would probably make life easier. What make/model is the PC? (or is it a desktop built from parts?) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
