On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 02:02:10PM +0200, Anders Thoresson wrote: > I've just taken my first stumbling steps down on the Linux road, > installing Redhat 7.3. Many things have impressed me so far, but the > over all speed of my system is a big dissappointment. Compared to when I > run Windows 95 and Windows 2000 on the same computer, almost everything > seems to take for ever.
I wouldn't compare Win95 to Linux - Win95 is not a multitasking, multi-user system and hence has a lot less overhead, so the comparison isn't fair. One thing to keep in mind in general is that Windows tends to preload a lot of stuff on boot-up, hence it seems that the programs load faster, so that could be one of the "problems". As for the rest: Others have given a few hints already, so you could check those. One more thing that comes to my mind is that RHL 7.x runs all missed "cron jobs" (automated system administration tasks that run periodically) on start-up of the system - this can make the machine very slow right after boot-up. This should get better once the jobs are finished. Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
