Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (91 mails)

[Tobias Crefeld <tc-lx@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:16:32 -1000 kanenas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> perfectly acceptable! the problem is that the laptop is an aged hp
> job, the model is an hp pavilion, ze1000 series, with an 80gb hard
> drive, 512mb ram and an amd xp-1500+ cpu. presently, the laptop is a
> dual boot setup, 32 bit suse 10.3 is the default, windoze xp is the
> other choice in the grub menu.  all that will be wiped out for the
> *one* os to be freshly installed. Currently, the standard 10.3 suse
> feels *a lot more sluggish* on the laptop than the xp and no, it is
> not beagle, the dreaded dog was never allowed in the system at
> install! so, i am asking for help in installing a fast suse system.

I would upgrade memory, too. With the data from the "service tag" (S/N,
P/N, Model) you can check at hp.com the possibilities. Usually this
model allows up to 2 GB RAM distributed on two memory slots. At hp.com
you could find an advice to change memory modules by yourself, too.

Another important thing is the video interface and its driver. If you
have installed frame buffer driver (which usually is the default of a
Suse installation) and your laptop's video interface allows graphics
acceleration you could check whether there is a OpenGL-driver and
install it. A disadvantage of those drivers is that they usually
consume more power.

Personally I would stay at opensuse 10.2 instead of 10.3 but I have no
experience with 11.0. I think 10.2 is one of the most stable
Suse-versions of the last years. 
10.3 has some advantages concerning simple installation of WLAN and
graphics adapter but it seems to slow down the system. 
A disadvantage of 10.2 is that update support will end this year. 

-- 
Gruß,
 Tobias.
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