Re: New to Linux. I'm not impressed :(

From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 05/16/05 

Date: 15 May 2005 23:05:35 GMT

It is of course interesting that many many people have gotten everything
you have problems with to work, without problems. Ie, there would seem to
be something wrong with a) your computer, b) your installation, c) you.

Note that the 3 GHz chips are very sensitive WRT temperature. Ie, you cpu
could be bacly overheating (eg On one system I had the cpu temp went up to
150C. ) Such overheating can certainly give symptoms like the ones you are
experiencing.

Mandy <mandee_o_mandee@yahoo.com> writes:

>Normally I am a Mac person but I picked up a Pentium 4 system in order to
>experiment with Linux. The processor is a 3.0ghz chip and 1 gigabite
>of memory. The chip says it is hyperthread whatever that means?
>So I install Suse 9.3 Professional which I purchased at Borders Bookstore
>and it seemed to go ok except for my nvidia card which required an update
>to get working in accelerated 3d mode.
>After playing around with Linux and kde for 2 days I have to conclude that
>I am not impressed at all.
>Linux/Suse is very slow and many applications just don't seem to function
>at all. Does anyone test this linux software before they package it?
>It sure does not appear so because some programs don't even work.
>1. Web browsing is so slow it's like being on a dial up and that is even
>after
>disabling IPV6 which I found instructions for on the suse website.

>KSCD won't play my CDs and I see no option to use the digital extraction
>mode.
>2.Xmms crashes all the time.
>3.Kaffeine crashes as well and leaves behind stuff running in the process
>list. It also sucks up memory and grinds the system to a halt. kmail for
>some reason keeps asking me for my password even though I saved it.
>4.I can't print from firefox but can from other applications. The network
>browser in konqueror sometimes finds my network and other times finds
>nothing.
>5.My scanner, a Canon USB does not work. My digital camera, a Polaroid
>dPDC5070B does not work with Digikam. My Samsung ML1710 does not work in
>toner saver mode and will not cancel jobs when the cancel button is
>pressed.
>6. I can select 1280x1024 24 bit OR 3D but not both. I have to drop to
>16bpp to use 3D. Works fine with Windows XP at 32bpp and acceleration.
>Overall, suse 9,3 seems extremely slow considering it is running on a
>pretty high power system with fast hardisk and plenty of memory.
>Is there anyway to speed this snail up and get my hardware to function?
>I ended up installing Windows XP Professional on this system and while it
>looks a bit toyish, it runs blazingly fast but not as fast as my OSX
>system.
>If suse is typical of linux in general, Windows has nothing to worry about
>and us mac users are going to laugh our asses off at the concept of
>switching to linux.
>Mandee