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Pathos:

--- Quote from: worker201 ---I am using Fedora Core 4, with Gnome, on a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 with 1.5GB RAM.  

FYI, gedit starts (and accepts input) in less than 1.5 seconds, as I timed it just now.
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Thats still very slow (Notepad2 on WinXP = instant, less than quarter of a second).

Is it Gnome and/or the shell/Kernel that slows it down so much? Can you similar performance to winXP with another distribution/gui?

I'm probably heading towards Fedora Core at the moment. I want a distribution that is fully installed, I'll try the Ubuntu CD if I get my hands on it.

Only problem is that I have 56k modem so I can't download anything big. May have to order it.

piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: Pathos ---HS 1.5ram.

Thats still very slow (Notepad2 = instant, less than quarter of a second).
Is it Gnome and/or the shell that slows it down so much. Can you get a very basic GUI that has similar performance to windows?
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I use XFCE and find it very responsive for my 256mb ram.
It's a good, lightweight window manager.

worker201:
If 1.5 seconds is too long for you to wait to start typing, well, that's just plain scary.

Pathos:
I just assume that there is a Linux GUI that can compete with Micosofts latest OS for speed...

When I cleaned up our old Pentium 150 (32mb ram) with Win98 it could open Notepad quick, even MS Word was ~7 secs so why does Linux choke such a modern machine so badly? I just can't understand it.


...some of the blame probably has to go to gEdit as gVim is alot faster even tho it has decent syntax hilighting.

Jenda:

--- Quote ---I'll try the Ubuntu CD if I get my hands on it.

Only problem is that I have 56k modem so I can't download anything big. May have to order it.
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You might know this, but just in case: http://www.shipit.org will send you as many Ubuntu CDs as you wish completely free of charge. It takes a few weeks, but don't give up, they always come in the end.

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