RE: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-25 Thread Franki
: Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 On Monday 21 May 2001 14:11, you wrote: Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-24 Thread poogle
On Monday 21 May 2001 14:11, you wrote: Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-24 Thread Adrian Smith
just 2 more cents i have mdk8 on a PI / 150MHz and it doesn't run as slow as some of the reports i have seen here. it isn't fast by any means, but considering the speed of that system (and it's age) i'm happy with the performance. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-23 Thread civileme
it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not getting the performance I should from it yet. TC --- Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 May 2001 08:01, Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-23 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 22 May 2001 13:31, Irv Mullins wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2001, you wrote: Please let us know as soon as you have the disk optimizer available for testing, I'll be happy to test it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not getting the performance I should

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-23 Thread Todd Flinders
Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Civileme
On Monday 21 May 2001 08:01, Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need stability

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Irv
On Monday 21 May 2001 23:42, you wrote: I have three machines, running 7.2 and kde 2 One is a P2450 with 128mb ram, and it flies with kde2 the other, is a P200mmx with 64 mb of ram,,, this one is a gateway system but I put kde2 on it anyway, and I'd have to say that one isn't even that

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Terry C
wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need stability but at the same

RE: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Franki
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Irv Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 On Monday 21 May 2001 23:42, you wrote: I have three machines, running 7.2 and kde 2 One is a P2450 with 128mb

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Irv Mullins
On Tue, 22 May 2001, you wrote: Please let us know as soon as you have the disk optimizer available for testing, I'll be happy to test it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not getting the performance I should from it yet. TC I wonder if the new kernel is

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
hdparm -Tt /dev/hda or whatever --- Irv Mullins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2001, you wrote: Please let us know as soon as you have the disk optimizer available for testing, I'll be happy to test it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
it for you. I am using and IBM 7200 RPM ATA 100 hard drive and I'm not getting the performance I should from it yet. TC --- Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 May 2001 08:01, Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Irv
On Tuesday 22 May 2001 13:23, you wrote: hdparm -Tt /dev/hda or whatever Thanks - I ran that on the 8 gig disk I use for Mandrake, first with 8.0, then 7.1. Mandrake 8.0 scored higher than 7.1 - so, it looks like disk i/o is not the cause of the dramatic slowdown (going from 7.1 to 8.0), I'm

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Tazmun
These results are not for sure, because right now I'm not sure if I have a defective promise ultra 66 card or a motherboard that is having a conflict with the promise card.(abit BF6 motherboard, 20 gig 7200 rpm 100ATA Maxtor Drive, 30 gig 7200 rpm 100ATA Maxtor Drive, promise ultra 66 pci

RE: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-22 Thread Hans N.
Of Tazmun Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:31 PM To: Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 These results are not for sure, because right now I'm not sure if I have a defective promise ultra 66 card or a motherboard that is having a conflict with the promise card.(abit BF6

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-21 Thread Civileme
On Monday 21 May 2001 03:07, Pelle Poluha wrote: Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need stability but at the same time I want speed and a practical UI (read GUI). I need a smooth file

Re: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-21 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need stability but at the same time I

RE: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8

2001-05-21 Thread Franki
: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Irv wrote: From: Pelle Poluha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance issues with Mandrake 8 Hello! I'm working as a developer and needs a stable environment to develop and test deployments in. So I want to switch from Windows. I need

[newbie] Performance between win32 and linux 2.4,, also, motherboard swap effect curent install??

2001-05-11 Thread Franki
Hi all, Do you guys remember the big hubub when MicroSnot released figures that proved that NT server outperformed redhat in file serving, web serving and some other stuff on high end servers?? Does anyone know if tests have been done comparing things now that the 2.4.4 kernel (or just 2.4)and

Re: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread civileme
On Sunday 28 January 2001 21:15, you wrote: I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. it runs slowlike a p166 in win98!!! I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake) I have a 243mb swap partition that seems never got get used by the system. using kde 2. what

Re: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread s
Well if you're judging based on netscape, then you're in for a disappointment. That's about right for netscape. Try konqueror or download opera. How's the rest of the apps? -s On Sunday 28 January 2001 08:15 pm, you wrote: I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. it runs slowlike a

RE: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sandra Sherrill Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] performance issues I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. it runs slowlike a p166 in win98!!! I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake) I have a

RE: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread Bob Currey
can, and only resort to Netscape if I must. BobC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sandra Sherrill Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] performance issues I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2

Re: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 28 January 2001 02:15 pm, Sandra Sherrill wrote: I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. it runs slowlike a p166 in win98!!! I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake) I have a 243mb swap partition that seems never got get used by the system. using

Re: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sunday 28 January 2001 14:15, you wrote: I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. it runs slowlike a p166 in win98!!! I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake) I have a 243mb swap partition that seems never got get used by the system. using kde 2. what

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-12-01 Thread Eddie Torres
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 14:02, you wrote: I am running v7.2 on a 433 Mhz Celeron with 192 MB of RAM which I recently upgraded from 64 MB. There is an increase in performance, but not major. It is recognizing the RAM. Is there any configuring that I can do to increase

Re: [Re: [RE: [newbie] Performance...]]

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Scottaline
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike, I tried Blackbox, but I can't get the "feel" for it as I do with xfce. To each his/her own, right? There's more than one way to do it. The linux way :) Paul === Hey Paul, I couldn't agree more :o) That's one of the genuine

RE: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
, November 29, 2000 12:25 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Performance... IMO, Your system no doubt seems slower since you have such a beast at work. I have a 21" monitor here, when I go home to my paltry 17" it feels like I'm looking at a 15"... ;-) My Celeron 400i

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-30 Thread Dave Sherman
rom: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 29, 2000 9:00:12 PM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] Performance... There is another possible issue: incorrect (or sub-optimal) choice of X display driver. I have an IBM ThinkPad i1400 series, 366MHz Celeron, 64MB RA

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-29 Thread patrick
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: I'm running 7.2 KDE on a PII400/288MB and it's a slow as crap! Especially while running with a terminal window, Netscape, Pan, and XMMS. KDE kills the performance. I use xfce, and things go very fast. 128Mb ram and the

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-29 Thread patrick
rolling on the floor i hope u dont mind if i include this little joke in fiction writing :) -Original Message- From: Vincent Primavera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:50 AM To: Newbie List; Expert List Subject: [newbie] Performance... Hello

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-29 Thread Spoonman
Was your monitor listed as a standard monitor in X or did you have to make it up yourself? I'm having a similar problem with a Toshiba Laptop. --Original Message-- From: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 29, 2000 9:00:12 PM GMT Subject: R

Re: [newbie] Performance...

2000-11-29 Thread patrick
ubject: RE: [newbie] Performance... IMO, Your system no doubt seems slower since you have such a beast at work. I have a 21" monitor here, when I go home to my paltry 17" it feels like I'm looking at a 15"... ;-) My Celeron 400i w/ 64MB RAM seems to run MDK7.2 and KDE2 just fin

Re: [RE: [newbie] Performance...]

2000-11-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Mark Johnson wrote: I'm running 7.2 KDE on a PII400/288MB and it's a slow as crap! Especially while running with a terminal window, Netscape, Pan, and XMMS. KDE kills the performance. I use xfce, and things go very fast. 128Mb ram and

Re: [RE: [newbie] Performance...]

2000-11-29 Thread Paul
On 29 Nov 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: KDE kills the performance. I use xfce, and things go very fast. 128Mb ram and the same processor. 3 netscapes, xmms, Pan, 5 rxvt's (terminals), wordperfect, burning a cd, all at once, no problem. Paul xfce looks rather nice. but

[newbie] Performance...

2000-11-29 Thread Vincent Primavera
Hello, I am running v7.2 on a 433 Mhz Celeron with 192 MB of RAM which I recently upgraded from 64 MB. There is an increase in performance, but not major. It is recognizing the RAM. Is there any configuring that I can do to increase performance? Thank You, Vincent

RE: [newbie] Performance differences

2000-04-03 Thread Oliver Stieber
]] Sent: 03 April 2000 05:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Performance differences Oh, and while I'm at it. Truth be told, I've only read messages that seemed pertinent, and dumped all the rest. So another question: Why does Mandrake 7.0 (Linux in general?) seem to run slower than

[newbie] Performance differences

2000-04-02 Thread Mani Abreu
Oh, and while I'm at it. Truth be told, I've only read messages that seemed pertinent, and dumped all the rest. So another question: Why does Mandrake 7.0 (Linux in general?) seem to run slower than Windows95 when running the same application? That is, why does a video file run some much