I have been running Debian intermitantly since 2.2 was out. There is nothing I would like more to standardize on this distro but there is one issue I can not seem to get over. Hopefully one of you good people can assist me on this.
If I run am running Debian and attempt to run multiple applications at the same time performance degrades a lot. For example if I am playing an MP3 on XMMS and while playing it run Mozilla the MP3 cuts out while it is loading. I have noticed this happens on some other distros but to a much lesser extent. On Gentoo this does not happen at all but I do not have the time to spend compiling all my software. Redhat/Mandrake it happens but not nearly as bad. Debian gives me the worst performance of two applications. Surprisingly Windows 98/2K/XP this does not happen at all and you can not tell me M$ multitasks better then Linux!! This happens in either KDE, Gnome, or Windowmaker. My system is as follows: Duron 800mhz 256MB RAM NVidea TNT2 (32MB) Graphics Card Ensoniq Sound Card BTW - I borrowed a 1.3Ghz processor and put in 512MB RAM and saw no difference. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
