Re: [ossig] what is the recommendded spec for linux box?

[Bernard yap <lev@codenetic.net>]

Alawi Abdullah wrote:
> i am using amd1400GHz, 128mb ddram for my linux box. 
> but i find it too slow compare to win2k(i'm using dual
> boot, linux & w2k). is it because of my swap
> partition? i thought 512mb of swap is enough already.
that should be adequate. btw, dual booting has no impact (or remotely 
significant, if any) on the perfomance.


> is there any solution to make gui faster? is it a
> problem with x server?
define fast. that's too general a question. speed can be seen from both the 
machine's point of view and from the user's point of view.


> i'm thinking of getting more ram, maybe another 256mb.
> but i like to know any other alternative i may have.
anything more than 256M is more than enough nowadays, unless you're doing some 
serious number crunching. nevertheless, more RAM is nice to have.


> or should i learn all those unix command lines?
learn a few basic ones and learn the rest along the way as needed. here's an 
(incomplete) list of what (i think) you should know,

man, ls, cd, rm, cp, mkdir, rmdir, cat, more, less, mount, umount, df, free

and some (very) useful non-trivial commands, dd, grep, sed...



regards,

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