Have you create a swap partition for Linux? if not, create it now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Greetings: > >I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a >120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My >understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine on >older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, that >other OS's like windows does. > >Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. That >moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > >I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much better >but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. > >Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Since I began this journey, I can't >seem to get away from my computer. Though the learning is slow, I am learning >and enjoying experimenting. On the other hand I have 3 boys in school, 3 >machines networked together, and I need a stable system with reasonable speed. > >Any comments would be helpful. Tnx > >Jeff - K1LE - SECT __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
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