Improving Redhat 9 performance?

[Andrew Welker]

Hi all.
I recently upgraded from Redhat 7.3 to 9 and I have found a significant
reduction in performance.
I am running a P-III, 800MHz machine with 192 Meg of RAM and a 40gig, 
7200 rpm hard drive.
I am running GNOME as my desktop.
This machine is used primarily to surf the net, do some simple
book-keeping and word processing.
Internet connection is via Sympatico high-speed.
Are there a number of utilities that might be running in the background 
that could be removed to improve performance?
Basically, I am a basic linux user and want to get rid of anything
that may be taxing the system that I really don't need. I have
no interest in running remote access to this machine and I will never be
configuring it as a server.
Any hits would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Andrew

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