Derek Jennings wrote: > ><snip> > > KDE seems to be OK, and the new kernel makes KDE run significantly faster on > my laptop than 8.1 did ;-) > > derek > ></snip>
Nice to hear that, Derek. I have an old laptop (IBM Thinkpad 380D with P150/32 MB RAM) that I use as my "backup & rescue & old_faithful"-system. Until recently I used OS/2 on it, because I trusted it and it runs incredibly fast. Now - it seems - IBM has stopped supporting it - at least they don't supply updates anymore - so I decided to convert my "never_laid_me_down"-laptop to linux. Consequently I backed up the whole kadoodle, and - just to try it out - installed Mandrake 8.1. Took an hour or two, but otherwise OK, mouse, trackpoint, soundcard, PCMCIA, modem, printer, screen etc... everything. BUT, of course, it runs slooow. Too slow on KDE to be useful, reasonably fast on XFCe. Snappy on CLI. The kernel is the stock 8.1-one (2.4.8.26mdk). Well, then I decided to go back to OS/2, but - having a spare afternoon - I felt like playing a little. So I found an old Mandrake 7.0 and installed that. What a difference ! Everything works. And fast ! (using it right now). I'll place my OS/2 in a safe place and maybe forget about it. Naturally though, your mail has made me curious : If 8.2 runs faster than 8.1 maybe I'll try that too because, after all I'm a bit addicted to aesthetics, I admit. And here's my question : will 8.2. brake the "natural law" that dictates every new version to be slower than the previous one ? - IOW : can 8.2 run reasonably fast on my old laptop ? Can I have your opinion, please ? TIA Kaj Haulrich Denmark
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