Michael Evaniuck, 2002-Dec-27 09:40 -0700: > 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.
This is interesting. On my laptop (P3-750mhz, 256MB RAM), I have no problems like you describe. I would suspect that your desktop environment is eating up too many resources. I run xfce which is MUCH lighter than KDE and Gnome, but I'm not sure about Windowmaker. Perhaps load a light window manager and try it out. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
