You didn't say which desktop you're using, but both the gnome and kde GUIs are pretty resource intensive. One possibility is to try a leaner desktop like xfce (www.xfce.org). You should be able to switch back and forth between it and what you're using now.
If you're using gnome and want to stick with it, you can really speed things up by using gmc to draw the desktop instead of nautilus. It's not as pretty but it is faster and more stable. Another thing I do (I'm not sure how much difference this makes) is to install processor-specific kernel and glibc packages. You can find the latest i686 binaries for both in en/os/i686 at your favorite redhat update mirror. For the record, I have a celeron 433 with 384mb ram and run the ximian gnome desktop (with gmc instead of nautilus) on redhat 7.2, with i686-specific versions of the kernel and glibc packages. I have no complaints whatsoever with the stability and performance of this setup, although that wasn't the case before I got rid of nautilus. Who knows, maybe it's better now. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
