Hello Every One

[Ilya Palagin]

Stephen Oulton wrote:
> I have been using Mandrake 9.1 for almost a year. Lately my computer has
> started to respond very slowly after a while of use.
> 
> When I first start the system and go to my user area it works fine and
> after a few minutes it starts to respond slowly.
> 
> If I log out and log in again then it works fine for a while.
> 
> I have tried to find things in the documents and have failed to find
> anything that could cause this.
> 
> If it happened in windows I would figure that the computer is running
> multiple files at the same time. Maybe spy ware or system tools running
> in the back ground.
> 
> Is there a defrag for linux or does it defrag as it saves files?
Yes, there is, but you don't need it. Fragmentation in any Linux FS is 
too little and it isn't the reason.

> 
> I would appreciate any help you could give me
How much memory do you have? Do you have a swap partition? What size? 
What applications are you running after your system slows down?

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