On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 23:02, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:42:08PM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: kent emia [mailto:kent-cdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:07 PM > > > To: redhat-shrike > > > Subject: users losing interest > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > What I do know is that Linux's X takes up a lot of resources.. and you > > really need a fast processor to get thing snappy.. Even with my centrino 1.4 > > + 512MB ram, loading up openoffice takes quite a while.. But, I've learned > > to live with it since I don't use it all that often. > > > > That said, IMHO, I think LInux as a desktop would certainly take a while.. > > > My experience is the slowness of openiing is only the first time. The > second time a lot of the necessary components are still in memory or > in the swap space. Or another trick if you have the memory space is > open it and minimalize it on the panal. Then it opens immediately. the opening is not the main problem even though it is one of them but the mail point is when we compile a java program and it takes a couple of seconds to compile.... it doubled/tripled the time than compared compiling from our previous OS > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- kent emia <kent-cdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
