I, too, noticed that. My net server/dev box (p166 w/80MB) runs far faster with 7.2 than with 8.1. If I'm not running KDE or Gnome then things run better, especially if I'm running Blackbox. CPU usage is a lot higher when the machine sits idle... well... it was. I disabled APM in the bios and cpu useage dropped from ~50% to ~10%. It was always less than 10% under 7.2 no matter what.
8.1 seems to like the Nvidia driver more than 7.2 though. I had problems getting that to work under 7.2 (compiled from source - RPM kept complaining about dependancies that were already satisfied). Once I got it to work, it worked well.
It seems that 8.1 has no option to install everything and refuses to even if you have everything selected during install. My favorite desktop is missing from it (AfterStep). There are things that are not installed that should have been installed (bind being one of them) but you don't know that until you try starting a service that relies on the missing item (setting up a firewall and internet connection sharing)
I like Mandrake, but I may revert (again) to 7.2. That seems to be the best Mandrake has done as long as I've been using the distro (since 6.1 and everything in between)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D'voo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1
8.1 seems a lot slower than 7.2, beware on slower machines, it made my 400 go
very slow
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 02:42, you wrote:
> I've never looked to see if there is a roll-back option for Mandrake.. but
> I would assume that your hardware should be fine for 8.1 since I've run it
> on a P100 with 32MB of RAM :)
>
> Leif Madsen - Project Manager
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> http://www.plannettechnologies.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:06 PM
> Subject: [expert] Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1
>
> > I have the MDK 8.1 CD I got as a burned ISO...
> > I know that it is usually best to perform clean installs, but- I have
> > Mandrake 7.2 on my laptop, and it is running great. I have also
> > customized and added programs that are useful to me (such as ConsoleOne,
> > Netscape 4.78, VNCviewer etc etc). I would like to install as an upgrade
> > so I don't have to redo all the installations, but I am concerned with
> > breaking something.
> >
> > I guess my question would be: is there a roll-back option available if
> > the upgrade breaks?
> >
> > A second question is what is the minimum hardware requirement for 8.1?
> > Will an AMD 380mhz, with 160MB ram be enough?
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