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Agent007:
Am using RedHat Linux 7.2. I find that applications launch pretty slowly, ie that take some time to display fully. Is there a way to speed them up? and why are they slow? Is it because it's written in C? This happens in KDE2 and Gnome too. In contrast to WinXP wherein everything opens instantaneously at the click of a mouse I find it pretty slow. Have disabled all the unnecessary services, only the needed ones are running.

Could someone pls throw light into this issue.

thanks!

System Specs:-
AMD Athlon@600 MHZ
256MB SDRAM
7200rpm HDD with UltraDMA 66 enabled
Riva Tnt 16MB display AGP
128 Soudblaster Soundcard

Sleeping Dog:
I have had the same experience with Red Hat 7.2.

I just thought that it was because I had it loaded on an old P-133 w/ 64 MEG of RAM and the file structure divided between two old HD's.  I too had removed all unnecessary components, but it was still slower than Clinton leaving a brothel.  I tried any number of different configurations, but it invariably took about four times longer to load Red Hat 7.2 than the Wimpdows 95 that had been on it.  Apps here too are slow to open and the GUI's (Gnome and KDE) are sluggish.

I usually give these old boxes away to the digitally-needy once I have them Linux loaded, but this one is still embarassingly slow.  I second the cry for help in speeding up Red Hat.

Sleeping Dog

creedon:
Perhaps a quick tour of the BIOS settings might be in order; you may find that what was ppropriate for a Microsoft OS might slow down Linux.

Agent007:
Bios?? Nothing much there.....Bios settings have nothing much that would increase performance.

voidmain:
Things that make Linux/Xwindows speedy:

1) lots of RAM
2) Good supported accelerated Video Card
3) Fast hard drive (see the "hdparm" command for possible optimizing of your IDE drives).
4) Fast processor
5) KDE 3.x (included with RedHat 7.3)

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