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From: Brett Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Version 5.3 on laptop
> I'm running 6.0 on a Toshiba 2515. Installed great and everything works (sound,
> pcmcia modem and ethernet card, etc). Pick up a 6.0 version it includes some kde
> utils for apm (dockable battery monitor, suspend util) plus the cool theme
> manager. Running the MacOS theme on the laptop looks good. Another big plus on
> the 6.0 version is the pgcc compilation. My sys is a P266MMX 32m ram, and with
> RH6.0 is was a bit slow. With the LM 6.0 installed I saw at least a 15%-20%
> bump in speed.
I have had 5.3 and 6.0 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420, P75, 24MB - 6.0 performs better.
A suggestion: use /dev/hda1 as the swap partition and /dev/hda2 as the ext2 partition;
this puts the swap at the fastest part of the drive.
The MacOS theme really throws a curve to some people . 8)
Hoyt
