Bob Hynes wrote Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:58:18 -0600 (CST): > I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty > slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I > could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm > also considering tying another version of Linux, but maybe this box is > just too slow at 500Mhz?
I have Etch on a K6/2 550 with 256M and KDE. It doesn't seem particularly slow to me for that speed, but I have found that K6/2s seem slower at any given MHz than slot 1s. What chipset is on your motherboard? What's your FSB? What's your video card? -- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Psalm 33:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
