Sure. Never use KDE or GNome. If you ask me, which you didn't, but I'm going to tell you anyway, (lol) KDE and Gnome were written for "converted Windows" users, with the Windows philosphy in mind.
They are intensely bloated system hogs. So much so that it bogs a system down when you're not running KDE or Gnome, but want to use a KDE/Gnome app real quick. Example: I'm a full time Enlightenment user. I don't use any other WM's in conjunction with Enlightenment, just E, and nothing else. I opened gvim which is basically Gnome ViM. I've been doing a lot work with procmail lately, and it was just a little easier to use. With two of those open, both instances editing two or three files, I noticed a huge performance difference. I closed all of them, and suddenly I was running up to normal again. Samething goes with KDE. I used to use ksnapshot to take screen shots, but it takes 15 seconds for the damn thing to load since I don't run KDE. Because of that, I wrote myself a screenshot script so I wouldn't have to use that thing ever again! I would suggest getting some more RAM. Your machine can run on that hardware and run very well. Hell, for me, that's an ideal machine to uninstall XF86 and use as my console machine. But if you need something like KDE/Gnome, then you need more RAM. And lots of it. Since KDE takes a large chunk of the RAM when it loads, and then trying to load other hogging KDE apps. So two suggestions. Never, EVER, use KDE or Gnome Upgrade your RAM to at least 128, however I would suggest 256 or more. Check out www.crucial.com/ for inexpensive RAM prices. Hope that helps a little. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on my machine. | | PIII @ 733MHz 64 MB Ram, 40 GIG HDD, With about 38 GIGs free. | | After I use KDE or GNOME and browse the internet for a while (maybe 20 or 30 | mins), the machines starts bogging down so bad that it takes MINUTES to open | new windows, check mail, open apps, etc etc... | | | Any ideas or suggestions? | | Thanks. | | | JD | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --------------------------------------------------------------------
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