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elmagozizou · #1 12th August 2005, 03:42 AM

Hi...I just install FC3 in an old machine...Pentium MMX 233 Mhz, 256 RAM I installit with gnome and it shows a really low perform in comparision with win 98 that was running before...is that normal? is gnome to heavy? whats the problem?

fpoole · #2 12th August 2005, 03:57 AM

Some people attest to XFCE being a faster, more efficient windowmanager than GNOME. It does look more minimal, and I'm intrigued myself. You might give that a try. You'll also want to see that nothing unnecessary is eating up resources.

Saint Mike · #3 12th August 2005, 08:19 AM

click on the desktopmenu-->systemsettings-->server settings-->services

and disable anything you dont need, could also try disabling selinux some people think its a little excessive on desktop pc's which im assuing your using yours for

elmagozizou · #4 12th August 2005, 04:34 PM

How do I do the services thing in terminal?

Heon2574 · #5 12th August 2005, 04:42 PM

Code:

/sbin/chkconfig --list

will show you the processes/services set to run at different runlevels. For example, to turn off sshd for runlevels 345 do:

Code:

/sbin/chkconfig --level -345 sshd off

More info about chkconfig with

Code:

man chkconfig

and here

Twey · #6 12th August 2005, 05:05 PM

Also, see ntsysv.

BrokenKingpin · #7 12th August 2005, 05:54 PM

Also try fluxbox windows manager; it is really fast compared to gnome or kde. If your computer is still slow after disabling some services and a lighter windows manager, maybe you should try a lighter disto such as Damn Small Linux (DSL). I use DSL on an older computer and it works great; I use Fedora and Debian on my newer machines.