On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 12:32 -0800, Kshitij Velhal wrote: > I have a m/c with following config > Intel Celeron 500MHz > 450 MB RAM > ATI 3D Rage Pro 1x/2x AGP > Microtek 17" Monitor I think that's enough for a usable GUI. I've got FC2 on a 433mhz/196MB RAM and it works quit well for most things[1] under X, albeit a little slowly compared to younger machines. Without X, it's almost fast[tm]. > I generaly login as root. Don't. Create a new user account and use it for regular computing. Save root [su - ] for admin only. Much safer that way, both from others and your-self. > The memory usage is always around 400MB. And I don't think there are > may services running in background. Fedora, and Linux in general, 'uses' most of your memory most of the time. After all, what good is unused memory? > Can anybody help me to improve the performance. Of course I don't want > it to be like a brand new P4 box but at least it should be comparable > with what I get with Windows. Use a lighter weight desktop such as XFCE. There are others, let google be your guide. Also, you can run a simple theme if using Gnome or KDE, it does help improve speed. -- Craig Thomas <cjtinhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [1]Word processing/office, web browsing, email, IM.
