OT desktops

[Richard R. Sivernell]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:32:35 -0500
Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Rick Sivernel wrote inter alia:
> 
> >Collins / Leon
> >
> >
> >    hdparm did show me that they were at 16 bit, changed that.  Do not LIKE M$,
> >but it is hard to say no to MONEY. <g>
> >
> >Using the Suse 9.0 pro here, I would like to upgrade my kernel here. If I
follow
> >the RED Hat on the steps, will that do it just fine for Suse?
> >
> Did setting 32-bit access help?  I got curious and installed SuSE 9.1 on 
> my souped up Compaq (K6-III+ @ 500 mHz, Promise ATA100 IDE, WD 80 GB 
> "Jumbo") and boy are you right: SuSE's KDE is about as fast moving as 
> maple syrup.  Comparing it to KDE 3.3 running under FreeBSD 5.3 on the 
> same system is no comparison at all.
> 
> I too would be interested in trying a SuSE kernel upgrade; if anyone has 
> a how-to, please post it or its location.
> 
> (BTW if any list member uses FreeBSD, I am having a problem running KDE 
> as user.  Don't know if it is a BSD issue or a problem with Xorg, which 
> replaces XF86 in this release.)
> 
> 
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> Leon A. Goldstein
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Leon

  Some, but a real i686 kernel build would really improve things, I think.
Suse 9.x might be the best way. These drives are total 500 gig, so I do not mind
wasting a little space, but I will continue to use xfce 3.18. I just like it.

cheers

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Rick Sivernell
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