knesbitt wrote:
What is the general consensus regarding the overall speed of 9.0 vs. 8.2? I have read that there may be a speed hit in upgrading to 9.0? I have 8.2 running at a level I'm comfortable with on a P-III 1000 Mhz but only after upgrading to 512 Mb of RAM. What are the implications of moving to 9 if any?
I am running same processor and ram. Some things about 9 are nice to have but I slightly regret upgrading from 8.2. There really isn't that much new about it apart from further (and very welcome) refinements to Yast. The big new ones are KDE 3.2, Gnome 4 and kernel 2.6 stable and I guess we'll have to wait for 9.x for those. There is definitely a speed hit here, though it's not that big, and memory seems to get used up a lot quicker (before disk swap kicks in). Maybe it's this new tool called SuSEplugger which top claims is eating 16 megs. Admittedly I am running a fully loaded setup. Even so, I have found myself wondering about a faster processor or thinning out the eyecandy. I do feel that running fully loaded on a P-III 1gig is now getting borderline. Just my 2 cents. :) Fish