> I have a compaq presario 7478 and it is sooooo slow. I have had the dsl
> line checked and it is clean.
>
[snip]
> With that much information, does anyone have an idea of how I can speed
> this thing up? Or find out why it is so slow? I mean I sit and drum my
> fingers waiting for screens to change.
>
Could be many things, but some stuff I'd check:
Disable all unused services by doing:
chkconfig --list | grep :on
If you see things that don't need to be running for a desktop machine you
can turn them off with (for example with Sendmail):
service sendmail off
chkconfig --level 2345 sendmail off
Make sure that your name servers are properly configured. If they're not,
any internet related stuff will take a long time. X will also be slow to
start.
If possible, use a lighter weight window manager.
Also, run top and try looking for processes that either use a lot of
memory or a lot of cpu. Start top then press 'M' or 'C' to toggle.
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