Summary: Is there any program that I could use to speed up my system speed? Preferably for debian based distro. I kind of liked MemTurbo when I was still stuck...
Summary: Hi all, I work in a LAMP environment for my web environment. I've been learning a bit about performance models (service demand, utilization, etc). Wha...
Summary: A review of Linux (RedHat7.2) I would consider myself a casual user with no progamming skills. But I'm quite familiar with MacOS, Win3.1, DOS, Win9x, ...
Summary: The Microsoft Shell link was definately worth reading. It's a development I had not heard of before. So at GNU-Linux side people are complaining about...
Summary: Not impossible, but unlikely. Just try not to reboot, as long as your system is not using SWAP memory for active processes, system performance should ...
Summary: Most likely most of your memory is used for chache/buffers, that's not the same as really used by applications and will be cleared when needed. Howeve...
Summary: No. X-Gui's have great potential to run very fast and also be extremely reliable. The most vital component of having a "snappy" system, assuming you m...
Summary: Hope this page help solve your problem: Red Hat Linux 6.2: The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide Prev Next -----------------------------------...
Summary: Slackware is kind of a slim distro to begin with. After all, there is only one install ISO. I've installed a full install of Slackware and it was st...
Summary: Whenever i have disk intensive processes running, i get a whole bunch of errors - after the dust settles, i can only identify two of them: Directory ...
Summary: Wonderful option mark1313; What does a used harddisk cost at ebay? On this side of the atlantic about 1$/GB. Isn't exploring the workings of our GNU-L...
Summary: If you are interested in linux security, check out TrinityOS (http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html#trinityos). You can get scri...
Summary: If you care to blow away your XP partition and make it a linux partition, I believe that the latest version of VMware will let you run a virtual windo...
Summary: hi normally swap need 2 b only twice ur ram size full installation of RH9 will take 5GB.so u will not b able 2 do a full installation. frm my practica...
Summary: All comments posted before are fine, but i think that you can esay use any new Linux version for your system if you just add RAM, at least having 128 ...
Summary: Your system is as healty as it can be. buffer/cache memory is used for permormance reasons only. Linux will always try to use as much memory as possib...
Summary: are you trying to set up an ext2 file system within a fat partition????? if you are trying to install linux on a fat partition you need to keep the f...
Summary: I've been testing the machine with Fedora Core. What's weird is that the desktop systems perform pathetically compared to Mandrake, when you avoid th...
Summary: ldconfig: Are you logged on as root? If you are using "su" to switch user to root you have to use "su -" instead in order for ldconfig to be found in ...
Summary: To answer the first question, yes, its quite possible. I am quite a newbie to linux myself but I´ve tried and succeeded in installing all 4 OS ...
Summary: It's the distro GUI that will kill you, not the linux "kernel" . Nothing special about Mandrake in that! Whether you use (the latest) GNOME or KDE GUI...
Summary: OK sportsfans, I have an issue with linux performance. My system is sloooowwwwww considering it has one gig of ram; it also manages to get slo...
Summary: I'm working on RedHat 7.1, and try to decrease compilation-time. I've got big old-styled libraries (libXXX.a), which are to be linked together to prod...
Summary: I was wondering if JFS is a decent file system. I have successfully installed MDK 9.1, and I decided to use JFS instead of ext3. I have noticed that...
Summary: How can I fix LILO without repeating the whole install? If Linux was installed (root directory and all that) then you can "get back in" and set up LIL...