XWindows runs really slow on my 386 4mb ram machine…. any way to speed it up a little without adding more memory?
Answer from Winsor *grin* Add a big meaty swap file or partition(cloned system only), kill off all uneeded proccesses before starting X and use the smallest window manager you can find………… Try startx wm2 and start your apps from an xterm using something like exec chimera & the “&” allows the app to run in the background thus freeing up the xterm which can then be reused or closed to gain just a bit more memory back. Using X on a 386 with 4 megs is going to be a bit slow, but if one is frugal in just what apps one runs can run at an entirely tolerable speed. I’d also suggest editing the /etc/inittab file and get rid of an extra getty(vc’s) or two as they use just a bit of memory.(I use only two getties on my 4 meg boxes) In addition during setup configure only those services absolutely needed for your intended purposes, or better yet create several different profiles(configs) this can be done by merely running setup -f -a configuring the system,as desired for one intended purpos
