[xubuntu-users] speeding up 7.10

[Joerg Thuemmler]

Franji Mayes wrote:
> Thank you, this makes more sense to me now. I ran "uname -a" and it does
> have the i686 kernel installed. So now I'm still trying to figure out what
> else I can do to speed things up. I'm willing/able to add more RAM, but
> would like to see if there are any other improvements I can make first.
> 
> I read that problems can be caused if you don't wipe clean your hard drive
> before installing Linux. When I installed Xubuntu 7.10, I chose the option
> that said it would partition everything and wipe out whatever was already on
> there. Maybe I should have wiped it clean first, and then installed it?
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions, I would be grateful to hear them. I'm running
> a laptop w/ 646 Mhz Celeron, 6G HDD, 192 MB RAM.
> 
> Thank you to everyone on the list for your patience with my emails!
> 

Hi,

IMHO that's not much for modern linux (graphic using) system, although
xfce is fast it seems small to me. I use a Via C III 1 Ghz with 1 GB RAM
and it's not too fast (no, it isn't bad!).

Best - if you using the laptop only local - looking for services to kill...
(no ssh needed -> kill, no ....) there's always a lot running. And yes,
RAM is indeed a good thing. And look for DMA on your harddisk (man hdparm),
that may be of essential speedup.

joerg