m0u53 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 well i just decided to completly switch to linux but so i installed ubuntu...and well its slow my computer cant really handle it does anyone know of a linux distro that is idea for the novice linux user like something that will help me learn linux and not a liveCD i had knoppix it was cool but its only on live any suggestions would be nice thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 In what way did you Ubuntu make your computer slow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0u53 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 idk just everything is just slower then when i had xp i run firefox and it takes a good 2 min to start up and everything just lags and alot of the times i lag like after i post this firefox will lag my mouse will freeze and will unfreeze in about a minute i really liked knoppix even for a liveCD it went faster then ubuntu i sure i configured everything and uninstalled Beryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 What kind of computer do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0u53 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 i have a AMD Anthlon proccesor 256 ram Radion 9200 Pro 34.8gig hdd cd-burner dvd-player my motherboard is unknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Run cpuid (google it) and paste the results here. Do the same with the output from top, iostat, vmstat etc. Somewhere in there will be a large number that will probally be your problem. Ubuntu can be a bit messy on older kit so if your machine falls under a certain threshold then you'll need to look at xubuntu or something along those lines. Redhat based distro's (I like CentOS myself) are pretty newbie proof/easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 fedora, not as hungry as ubuntu, though with that not as friendly, but it runs well and true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm not a fan of Ubuntu but - http://fluxbuntu.org/ you could also try using http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ instead of fluxbox it's not hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Rob Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Linux is cool its installs on anything with basic drivers some times you need to put the right drivers on your system to make it work properly. Thats what happened to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflames Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 if i were u i would look into getting a new computer (the computer i pull out of the trash have 256 on them lol) but also i have found live cd's to be very slow but when i have installed them it wasn't 1/2 as bad i personally love Ubuntu i fined it to be an easy and quick fix of an OS when building a crap computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0u53 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 dude ive been trying to get a newer/better computer for a very very long time and as for that command you guys wanted me to run i decided to instal Ark -linux but my Konsole will not run it crashes also this problem i keep having it is literly starting to really really piss me off my damn moniter will sometimes just shutoff randomly and no matter what it wont turn on so i have to unplug it and plug it back in its just AHHHH ya kno i was looking at slackware since my dads freind gave me a giant slackware guide book thingy lol any other suggestions would be nice as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 FreeBSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmer Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Xubuntu maybe. I've heard good things about MEPIS Lite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 FreeBSD haha thats the way, jump in the deep end! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflames Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 i say go to some collages hop in some dumpsters and get a better computer then go fined the right Linux OS lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 FreeBSD haha thats the way, jump in the deep end! :-) FreeBSD is simple, and coming from windows I found it to make far more sense than linux. It even has a manual. I will admit that the xorg upgrade is painful but hey. At least its not like ubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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