Improving Redhat 9 performance?

Justin Zygmont jzygmont-tEQKYFGiemxAYG7eUwYNkWD2FQJk+8+b at public.gmane.org
Sun Nov 23 17:58:14 UTC 2003


I don't rememeber a performance difference to 9 when I used it.  Maybe it 
is the services running then, try running setup from the command line and 
select only the system services you need, there is a F1 or F2 key to give 
details about what each service does.


On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Andrew Welker wrote:

> 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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