Slower than using win98

[archimon]

I just shifted to use Mandrate Linux 8.0 from my window 98 sec.

Here is the spec of my computer:

Pentium 1, 233MMX
256 RAM
30 GB harddisk


The computer speed is obviously slower than I use win98.(It's like using a 486 machine) Is that because I have installed too many things?(total installed space is 1G)(But I did install lots of stuff with win98 too and it's not that slow)

And, Duno why, I had chose erase all hard drive to install my Linux, still it can only detect 4GB. Is that i have to create partition in that step?

If I missed that part, where can I check the size of my harddrive, and do partition?

thank you very much!

[slacker_x]

If you just did a point and click install of linux, there is a good chance you are running a ton of crap you don't need. Web servers, FTP servers, telnet, etc.

That might be slowing things down a lot. Are you running KDE? KDE can be pretty heavy on your resources.

[Dark Ninja]

Also...from what I remember in a earlier complaint about Mandrake - if you are running Mandrake 8.x, and running KDE along with it, AND you are doing this all on a system that is not Pentium II or higher...you could be in for a problem.

Try reinstalling Mandrake, and, this time, try cutting back on everything you install. Go through and manually select each program that you do, or do not want. For comparison, my initial install was 650 megs if that helps at all. (It's been reduced, as I have removed other things that I don't need.)


Dark Ninja

[DMR]

As for the speed issue, I agree with what others have posted. I've been running Drake 8.0 on a PII-400 for a while now, and I find it to be at least as fast (for some things, faster) than Win98 running on my PIII-500 (both machines have 256MB RAM). My advice: avoid the clutter that comes with a standard workstation install; do a little reading on the subject and go for an expert install. Of course, if you've done a workstation install, you can always remove/disable unnecessary components after the fact.
One of the things about Linux is that is by nature a multi-user, networking-oriented OS. Combine that with the fact that most distros come with a slew of third-party applications to boot (no pun intended), and you'll realize why a full install of Linux is going to give you much more than a "full" install of Win98.

As for the 4G disk size problem, that definitely isn't due to Mandrake 8. I'm running it on a 40G drive with no problems; Mandrake sees and can access all of the space on the disk. You will have to create Linux partitions during the install, and again- I would suggest that you do an expert install for this, as it gives you the most control over your partitioning scheme.

[kuber]

Try just running blackbox or windowmaker.

Also, turn off services that you don't use. Last time I tried mandrake, it set my computer up to be an uber-server. You probably don't need sendmail, ftp, etc etc.

[archimon]

thank you guys!


anywhere can explain me the difference between loggin in as KDE, Gnome, Sawifish, failsafe and default??

I wana know it because I want to know how it will be if I am not installing KDE.

[X_console]

failsafe is a command line interface. The rest are all desktop/window managers. If you uninstall KDE, you can still probably use GNOME/sawfish to have a nice looking X interface.

[danrees]

KDE and GNOME are basicaly very similar but with different interfaces and styles. They are "desktop environments", i.e. they use another window manager to handle their windows, but include a set of applications and interfaces such as panels.

I'm not going to get into the debate between KDE and GNOME, but GNOME is a lot faster on less well endowed PCs. :P

I'm running GNOME 1.4 (Slackware 8) successfull on one of my systems. It doesn't fly like a rocket, but it's perfectly usable (although you will find BlackBox a lot faster):

Pentium 133
48Mb RAM
2Mb Matrox MGA Mystique graphics

[EZEZ]

Kuber was mentioning about turning off services. How do you turn it off in KDE environment? I just install Mandrake also and at a lost of what to do next.

[bdg1983]

Originally posted by EZEZ:
<STRONG>Kuber was mentioning about turning off services. How do you turn it off in KDE environment? I just install Mandrake also and at a lost of what to do next.</STRONG>

I just use the KDE Control Center under System/Startup/Services.