Bob Hynes wrote Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:58:18 -0600 (CST):
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tying ano
On Sunday 15 January 2006 18:10, Bob Hynes wrote:
>Kent West wrote:
>>(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather
>> than private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can
>> help; and others who are looking for the same answers can find the
>> answers both on the l
Kent West wrote:
(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than
private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and
others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on
the list and later in the archives.)
Bob Hynes wrote:
Kent
Kent West wrote:
(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than
private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and
others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on
the list and later in the archives.)
Bob Hynes wrote:
Kent
Jan 2006 15:30:10 -0800
> From: Bob Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: system requirements for debian
>
> Kenward Vaughan wrote:
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> >On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 01:57:55PM +, Bob Hynes wrote:
> >
> &
(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than
private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and
others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on
the list and later in the archives.)
Bob Hynes wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
>> Bob
Bob Hynes reports a slow Debian setup.
My first suspicion would be that DMA is not turned on. What's the
results of running "hdparm /dev/hda" (assuming your setup is installed
on /dev/hda)?
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Bob Hynes wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tying another version of Linux, but maybe this bo
gt;
Subject: Re: system requirements for debian
Kenward Vaughan wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 01:57:55PM +, Bob Hynes wrote:
>
>
>>I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
>>slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 14:39 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> If you run an environment like KDE or Gnome, you will suffer from the
> overhead they demand.
Although using GNOME, My computer is _generally_ faster under Linux
(than when I boot Windows).
On the other hand, I dont do the same thing un
Bob Hynes wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tying another version of Linux, but maybe this b
According to Bob Hynes,
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tying another version of Linux, but may
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 13:57 +, Bob Hynes wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tying anoth
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 01:57:55PM +, Bob Hynes wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tyin
Bob Hynes wrote:
I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
also considering tying another version of Linux, but maybe this box is
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 01:57:55PM +, Bob Hynes wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also considering tyin
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:57:55 +
Bob Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have debian running on a 500Mhz box with 256MB ram. It's pretty
> slow...slower than windows would be. Is there anyone who know what I
> could be doing to speed things up? turning off services, adding ram? I'm
> also co
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