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Most people seem to find their system unresponsive when using Linux. These steps help them find what the problem might be.
Message-ID: <4189026A.2050500@hotpop.com> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 21:38:10 +0530 From: Raj Shekhar Subject: Re: [ilugd] slow linux desktop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd.lists.linux-delhi.org> > but unfortunately desktop is slower than my previous XP !! I have > stopped unnecessary services , my swap is around 500 mb (256 mb ram) > .... I was wondering if it anything to do with AMD processor (Antholon > XP 2200+) ....may be suse/mandrake is optimized for 586 instruction set > and AMD doesnt not fully support it ...is that so ?? ..just a guess The first step in solving any problem is to remove the unknowns in your problem. Find out which processes are taking up the resources. A good tool to do this is "top". It can display system summary information as well as a list of tasks currently running. Some key board shortcuts useful while running top are * <Enter> or <Space> :Refresh_Display * h :Help * q :Quit * 'm' : sort by memory use * 'p' :sort by CPU usage Locate which processes are hogging up your CPU/memory (using the 'm' and 'p'). See if you can tune these processes to make them use less memory. For example, apache by default preforks 5 processes when it starts up. If you are using your linux box for dev work, maybe you can reduce apache to start only 3 processes. If you are using transparency or some fancy eye candy stuff, maybe you should turn them off. Personally i use fluxbox as my window manager and found it quite userfriendly and with good mix of features. As always, YMMV If you have "man" installed, do a ' apropos processes' to find more utils that you can use to manage your processes effectively. AFAIK Linux should not give you any problems if you are using AMD.