[ltp] SIMPLE QUESTIONS

[Chris Hoekstra]

Having just come off of using Win98 on my Thinkpad 770z (PII-366, 128Mb, 
8Gb), and running Mandrake 9.1, I would have to say the default 
gnome/kde window manager is WAY slower than Win98, but then again, there 
are several reasons.

First, and biggest, is that Win98 is a 5 year old operating system, 
targeted to 5 year old computers, and tuned for that level of 
performance.  Mandrake 9.1, Red Hat 9.0, etc are 2-4 week old operating 
systems that are meant to run on the latest and greatest hardware.  So 
the default options are very graphically rich yet this slow down the 
overall "feel" of how fast the computer is. 

Second, as I mentioned a bit, are the default options.  Gradiated title 
bars, 3d rounded buttons, fading in/out, transparent menu's, windows, 
etc etc.
I changed my theme to a blander yet higher performance one, still using 
gnome, and it made a noticable difference.  However, things like the 
beefy mozilla 1.4a still take much longer to launch, but again, this is 
a modern browser running on old hardware. 

The suggestion to use blackbox or another slim window manager is an 
interesting one, and is my next todo.  This should make things snap a 
little faster, however loading time for applications will still be 
almost as long.

Chris

J. C. Masias Guillen wrote:

>I think most of the problems we have about install linux in tp's because
>of licenses are important but what about:
>
>- speed: if you install linux, but is slow.
>- the computer: if you install linux, but you can't use the Fn funtions.
>
>I have a 600E, p2, 366mhz, 64mb, 6.4gb.
>
>SPEED
>- At least, How much extra memory I will buy to increase speed as in
>windows 98?
>- Can I erase the swap partition?
>
>FN FUNCTIONS
>- If I only install in one partition Linux (I really dont want w98), The
>FN functions will work? or I must have a DOS partition?
>- The hibernation will work whitout a DOS partition?
>
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