On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:13:18AM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote: > >Is there some sort of speed tuning I should do? > >I am testing Linux primarily with a 133 MHz P1 with 64 mb with 20mb of swap. > >Don't tell me to get a faster box - I have one. > >WIndows 98 runs OK with this hardware. > > X is extremely resource intensive, and this is most of your problem. Also, > your swap should be twice the size of your ram if your using 2.4.x kernels > (that's straight from Rik Van Riel himslef) due to the VM subsystem. And windows is not? I became convinced that I wasn't going to use Windows2k for anything on my new machine after seeing how hot my processors got in Win2k idle-mode. This is Linux when I'm using the system: SYS Temp: +39.00C (limit = +450C, hysteresis = +400C) CPU Temp: +36.30C (limit = +600C, hysteresis = +550C) SBr Temp: +25.00C (limit = +650C, hysteresis = +600C) Right after I rebooted from a 10 minute what-am-I-really-doing-here in windows the temperature was way above 50C. -- Thomas Eibner <http://thomas.eibner.dk/> DnsZone <http://dnszone.org/> mod_pointer <http://stderr.net/mod_pointer>