On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:07:12PM +0800, kent emia wrote: > hi to all > > we've just migrated from windows and most of our pc's is installed with > redhat 9 and some are on redhat8.. > > they kept on comparing the speed from their previous OS its because when > opening a simple file from or compiling a simple program(using java) it > would take them a couple of seconds to complete the task.. > > is there a way to tweak things up.. so that speed will be a little > faster? > > TIA ---end quoted text--- It may be a lot of trial and error, but if all the boxes have the same hardware, you may want to compile a custom kernel and distribut it across the network. Custom kernels (if done correctly) can greatly speed up Linux and X. There was also something in the Linux Journal about DMA mode in ide hard drives to speed up Linux. I forget the name of the config file, anyone??? jay -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
