PII MMX 266 64MB Ram Otimisation?

Taki · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:07 am Post subject: PII MMX 266 64MB Ram Otimisation?

I have a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop wilth 64MB ram amd a 266 PII mmx processor. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to optimize such an ancient machine? I assigned it 256MB swap space but it does no seem to use it much. How do I make it use the page file more? I once used xfce4 for a windows manager but it kept on crashing during heavy compiles. What windows manager is lighter?
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loki99 · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:35 am Post subject:

Any *box (blackbox, openbox,...) should suit your needs.

And to learn how to regulate your swap usage, try to search the forums for swapiness. :wink:

Taki · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

The swappiness thing is quite cool.
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https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=175419&highlight=swapiness

I have always wondered why linux uses so much memory. Its all clear now thanks to the link above.

Thanks for that tip.
:lol:

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I live a life of needles and wax.
When the needle touches the wax,
I begin to breathe.

loki99 · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: