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My ram is 512 MB and I have a dual core machine. I currently have open suse 10.3 with kde desktop environment on my machine, it is painfully slow !
I ran xfce 4.4.1 instead of kde 3.7.1, though it is not as slow as kde but still I would like a faster environment.
Now I am wondering whether the cause of slowness in xfce is due to suse 10.3 ? If so I am thinking of moving to slackware 12.2 with xfce 4.6.1.
If it is only due to my ram, then there is no use of shifting to slackware !
I currently can't upgrade the hardware of my machine so I am considering upgrading the operating system instead.
I know about Damn small linux and puppy as well but it will be difficult for me to get there dvd/cd.. Therefore the choice with respect to speed is between suse and slackware only.
Kindly guide !
Last edited by Aquarius_Girl; 12-08-2009 at 04:59 AM.
Try turning of any services/processes you don't need. What video card are you using? If you have a nvidia or ati make sure you are using the 3d drivers. Kde4 tends to be a bit slow. You might try LXDE rather than kde/gnome/xfce as well.
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