Well, using one of the graphic programs under X, it says I'm running about 14
MB right now.
One thing I just mentioned to another message is, I got my distrib from
www.linuxberg.com as an iso download. I got version 7.0-2 from them, not 7.0 -
maybe that is the difference? If you don't mind the 30 hour download (getright
under windows will let you stop and resume or gFTP under Linux will do the same
thing) on a 56k line and if you have a cd burner, this works pretty good; I
really haven't had many problems at all (at least that could be considered the
fault of Mandrake!)
Take care! Michael Holt
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Charles Ulwelling wrote:
> heh heh... well try as it might linux will not discourage me, I've actually
> been trying to get various versions to work correctly since last July!
> Mandrake 7.0 is the first one that even comes close to working out for me.
> I had to wait for them to get some kind of work around for UDMA 66 in the
> install, since I'm not too familiar with linux and don't know how to do it
> myself. Thanks for the info on how it *should* run, it helps to have
> something to compare against so you know when you have everything running up
> to par. Just a quick question, how much RAM does X use when you are in
> linux? For me its like 39megs, and that seems awfully high since people are
> out there running this on 486's. It may be one of those take what you can
> get things, and thats why I'm wondering what is used on your system with
> 192.
>
> Thanks,
> Charles Ulwelling
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Holt
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 2:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
>
> I'm dual booting an AMD K6/3 450 (actually booting Win98, NT 4, Mandrake
> linux,
> and BeOS 4.5- whew!) I have 192 MB RAM and a mix of both UDMA 33 & UDMA 66
> hard disks. My Linux system runs just as smooth as Windows. I know that
> doesn't answer why you're having problems, but I just want to assure you
> that
> Linux does work correctly.
>
> Now for a shot in the dark, on one of your previous reply's I noticed that
> you
> did a 'developer' installation - I wonder if somehow that could be the
> problem
> (I'm not a programmer, so I don't know). I would assume that doing that
> type
> of install would just install the extra source code for each program, but I
> don't know for sure. It sounds like you have a pretty fast system, why not
> try
> a re-install at just the basic installation? Not to encourage you to waste
> time, but one of the reasons I've seen a lot of people give up on Linux is
> not
> being able to get it to work right away. I personally installed several
> times
> with each different distribution that I've tried out, just to get a feel for
> what that version wanted to leave me with. Guys / gals that have been using
> Linux forever, would cringe at that advice, but I think it's the best way to
> get familiar with your system. (That and some books)
>
> One more thought, usually when I experience the system running sort of slow,
> or
> as you describe the mouse cursor break dancing across the screen, it's
> because
> something is running in the background draining the system resources
> (windows
> does the same thing). This sort of ties in with the 'developer' install;
> again
> I'm not sure what that install does, but it may be running something in the
> background that doesn't need to be running.
>
> Possibly (if you can get your kde desktop open) you could click the icon
> 'Drakconf', when that window opens click 'startup services' and you can view
> (and change) which programs start at boot time. I believe you also get this
> option when you install your system (it's been awhile since I've installed).
> For example, if you're not on a LAN, you don't need the 'NFS daemon' to
> start
> on boot. I also turn off the 'CRON daemon'; you'll have to read through
> your
> documentation to see which ones you can live without.
>
> And finally, even if you don't do the 'developer' install, you can still
> install all of the tools you need to write and compile programs (compilers,
> etc.) just by selecting at install time.
>
> I hope this has given you something to work with, if not, try not to get
> discouraged, Linux is worth it!
> Michael Holt
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Charles Ulwelling wrote:
>
> > Hum... Well when I open it it isn't just slow it gets to the point where
> it
> > just isn't responding, I assumed it was a bug in linux as far as RAM
> > utilization went. By not responding I mean I'll move the mouse and it
> will
> > take about 3 seconds for it to *jump* to the location I moved it to. It
> is
> > really annoying.
> > Just out of curiosity should linux run as smoothly as win98 as far as
> > opening apps, and moving the app window across the screen or is it
> naturally
> > jumpy and something I should get used to.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charles Ulwelling
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anthony Huereca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 10:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
> >
> > I'm not sure why your system is so slow, but I can explain the RAM
> > utilization.
> > I've found out (as I once complained about the same thing that you are)
> that
> > Linux uses RAM differently than Windows. It'll take up all "x" (in your
> case
> > 256
> > MB) RAM soon after bootup. However, it shouldn't affect the performance at
> > all when you open program or anything. Instead of taking the Ram
> > in chunks like Windows, Linux just takes the whole thing at once. So don't
> > worry about seeing 100% ram utilization. Not sure why
> > Linux is slow though for you.
> >
> > > my processor is a PIII 450 overclocked to 540( not the problem I've
> > already
> > > declocked it and the same thing happens ), I have 256 megs of
> > SDRAM@100mhz,
> > > I have two ATA-66 drives one at 18 gigs and another at 27.3 gigs, and a
> > > diamond viper v770.
> > >
> > > It is really wierd... I boot up and look at the system resource
> manager(I
> > > forget the name) and I can see my RAM usage go up by about 6 to 12 megs
> a
> > > second until it is all used up. It doesn't use any of the swap file
> > either.
> > > I don't understand.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Charles Ulwelling
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Vic
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 7:57 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
> > >
> > >
> > > What is your processor speed, and how fast is
> > > your harddrive, like is it an older ide or newer udma33,
> > > or scsi?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Charles Ulwelling mewed:
> > > > I'm having a serious problem with linux mandrake 7.0. I boot up and
> > with
> > > > in a matter of seconds my ram utilization goes to max. I have 256
> megs
> > of
> > > > RAM so I don't understand how this could be. It makes linux
> completely
> > > > unuseable. I'm booting into KDE.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Charles Ulwelling
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