I recently put linux back on my laptop , which uses a P2 233, now I found that the version of XF84 supplied with MDK9.1 would not allow more than a 600x 400 resolution. MDK9.0 was OK
HTH Richard On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 17:07, Dave Sherman wrote: > Daniel Axtell wrote: > > I want to install Linux on an older laptop (Pentium 133Mhz), I had already > > installed LM 7.2, but would like to have new versions of applications (like > > Mozilla). Does anyone have any suggestions as to what version of LM might > > give me good performance on a Pentium 133Mh, 80 megs ram, (specifically what > > kernel should I go with), but still makes it relatively easy to install a > > newer browser, possibly gnumeric and abiword, without have to recompile every > > library because none of the newer apps is compatible with the older > > libraries? Or should I just bite the bullet and do everything the hard way, > > compiling from source? > > On my old laptop, a 333MHz Celeron, I had good experience with Mandrake > 7.2 all the way through 8.1. I did upgrade the RAM, though, from 64MB to > 192MB. > > Truthfully, though, I saw better performance using RedHat 7.x and 8.0. > Not sure why, but that's the way it is. In fact, I sold the laptop to a > friend, who is still happily running RH 8.0 on it. > > I also always saw better performance under Gnome vs. KDE. > > As to Mozilla specifically, it is a known resource pig. True, it has > improved immensely from the early betas and releases candidates, but it > is still a monster for memory. I always had better performance using > Galeon under Gnome, with either Mandrake or RedHat. > > In spite of my above comments, I now use Mandrake 9.1, KDE and Mozilla, > but on a much faster laptop :-) -- richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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