apparently xfree4 has lower memory usage than 3.x, and runs quicker.
mandrake 7.1 beta is using xfree4, so you could do some beta testing as well
as getting a more light weight desktop.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 April 2000 20:05
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7 slowdown
>
>
> Thanks John and Paul for the suggestions. My swap partition (
> 64 meg) seems
> adequate as it was before.
> I ran "setup" and removed a few non-relevant programs with no
> significant
> improvement.
> I guess I'll have to live with the more leisurely pace or
> else switch to a
> less memory-demanding desktop.
>
>
> At 06:55 AM 4/25/00 +0200, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >>Since moving up to Mandrake 7 from M 6 I find that the
> loading time for
> >>KDE, and even the Kmail program inside KDE takes much
> longer than it did in
> >>Mandrake 6.
> >>All I can think of is in the latter stage of install I agreed to the
> >>default list of programs to be automatically booted at
> startup - programs
> >>that I really would only use on certain occasions. Could
> it be that they
> >>are clogging my 32 Meg ram?
> >>If so, is there some way I could cut back on what is loaded
> at startup?
> >
> >I think the slowness is because the added things in the
> X-servers, but
> >that is just an educated guess. To see what stuff is loaded
> on boot, you
> >run
> >
> >setup
> >
> >as root, and in the "system services" you can select what
> will be loaded
> >and omitted. make sure you don't kick out important stuff!!
> If you're not
> >sure, ask here, or leave it alone!
> >
> >Paul
>
> M.
>
