On Sunday 04 April 2010 08:28:53 pm Tech Geek wrote: > >You can try adding swap but I doubt it will help much as the disk is so > > old > > and slow > The hard drive is quite recent and supports up to UDMA2 speeds although I > too think that adding swap space won't make a difference. > > >Adding another 128MB or 256MB of memory would probably help the most with > > that system > Unfortunately there is no option to upgrade the memory on the system. Also > I forgot to mention that it is a 800 MHz system: > debian:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : Vortex86 SoC > cpu family : 5 > model : 2 > model name : 05/02 > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 800.041 > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc cx8 > bogomips : 1600.08 > clflush size : 32 > cache_alignment : 32 > address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual > power management: > > Based on my specs (800 MHz CPU and 128 MB RAM) and [1], I still should be > able to operate GNOME and some of the apps. However even opening gedit > brings the system to crawl which is so surprising. I will add some swap and > see if that makes a difference although I am not counting on it based on my > past expereince. > > [1] http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.0/#performance
XFCE, Fluxbox, et. al. are a better way to do a gui system with specs like that Don't install anything with 'Gnome' in the package name, or "K/KDE'. Apps that use GTK libraries without the Gnome stuff maybe. 'Damn Small Linux' does minimal installs., which are hard to duplicate with more mainstream distro's. -- Peace Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004042120.07318.gomadtr...@acsalaska.net