The first thing you should do is configure hdparm. I'm not sure if RH9 configures it or not, but if it doesn't, it helps a lot. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Michael wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to the TCLUG list. I'm a M$ Network admin, who's wanting to expand > my knowledge back into the *nix world. I've worked with AIX, IRIX and > FreeBSD in the past, but only breifly. So now I going to dive into the > Linux world. Since I'm doing this to expand my business knowledge as well > as personal, I've decided to use Red Hat 9. (no flames plz) > > I have a Dell C600 Latitude laptop, PIII 750 - 256MB RAM and 40 GB HDD, that > I'm dedicating to running linux. Back when I played with FreeBSD for awhile, > I looked at both GNOME and KDE as desktop environments with KDE becoming my > personal preference. > > With just the default installs from RH with updates, KDE seems a bit > sluggish. I know recompiling the kernel will be a good idea, especially > current code since RH is behind. But, I'm looking for any other > suggestions as to increase performance or what kind of performance I should > expect out of a PIII 750. > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list