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

["TM Tan (aka Meng)" <tmtan@tm.net.my>]

Hi Alawi

> 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).  

can you be more specific about what is slow ? For example, if you compile 
something in linux takes longer than compiling the same program under windows 
(using GNU C of course). Copying a file or downloading stuff....we need more 
specific to identify the problem

basically what are you doing on the system ?

>is it because of my swap
> partition? i thought 512mb of swap is enough already.

your swap will only be a problem if you don't have enough RAM for the task you 
want to do...then the speed of the swap drive will enter the equation

> is there any solution to make gui faster? is it a
> problem with x server?

X isn't the fastest GUI. Basically X is just another program in userland running on 
top of the kernel. The windows GUI feels more "responsive" because many of the 
GUI functions are part of the windows core (I wouldn't call it a kernel). That is why, 
why when your GUI in windows locks up, the whole system is locked up. X can die 
but the OS is still running and you can restart X. 

Also depending on your video hardware, X may be running on a generic SVGA 
driver which is huge...my voodoo3 does this and X has a massive 90MB memory 
footprint.

> i'm thinking of getting more ram, maybe another 256mb.
> but i like to know any other alternative i may have.

find the root cause of the slowness, it may not be RAM. Actually it is unlikely since 
windows would be even slower in the same RAM :)

> or should i learn all those unix command lines?

It would help a great deal to understanding the problem :)

Cheers

Meng


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