Re: [SLE] 9.2 is really slow
From: Eric Scott (scottclansman_at_cwazy.co.uk)
Date: 11/11/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:54:43 -0600
On Thursday 11 November 2004 09:58, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Thursday 11 November 2004 16:48, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> > Suse 9.1 runs slow on anything under 256 MB ram
>
> Slight correction: KDE runs slow, not SuSE as such. In my experience, using
> something like Xfce makes the machine very usable even on 128MB or less.
> Naturally you'd have to be careful not to start any large, memory hogging
> servers, but Xfce makes a very nice desktop. And in the new 4.2 beta
> release, there isn't a whole lot missing compared to KDE or gnome, so it's
> definitely something to look at. I've used it when installing on, erm,
> lesser systems and been very satisfied. On one system, KDE went into a
> swapping frenzy whenever I did anything. On that same machine, Xfce ran
> like lightning.
>
> Blackbox, enlightenment, WindowMaker, AfterStep are others also worth
> looking at for the same reasons.
Running under 256MB might make things slow on older chips, i.e. celeron, k-6,
p-III; but I'm running 9.1 & KDE w/ 128MB on an Athlon@750MHz, and it's
downright zippy. The only thing that slows my down is my 5400RPM HD :-P.
Cheers,
SigmaChi
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