Alternatives to ubuntu?

[J.Markoll]

Tim Littlemore a écrit :
> Filip Svendsen wrote:
> 
>>Thanks for the windowmanager recommendations, but what about firefox?
>>Did the extra memory help gnome? I really like gnome, and would prefer
>>not having to switch.
>>  
>>
> Yes. I was experiencing exactly the same problems you mentioned - slowness in 
> response when clicking on menu items, etc. This was happening in most 
> applications, not just Firefox. Once I took my RAM up to 512MB, everything was 
> much smoother.
> Apparently, Gnome and Firefox are both notorious for soaking up a lot of memory, 
> if you give them access to more RAM, it can only help.
> 
> Tim
You can configure something in gdm, I don't remember what, though, or 
you can renice some apps...
and/or install Xfce4.2 which is very handsome and lighter.
Joyce Markoll.



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