How to improve performance? (starter)

[Felix Miata]

Alexandre Vernille wrote:
 
> I would like to adopt Fedora2 / 3 as my preffered OS at home. However
> I need first to improve its performance on my machine (an AMD K6_2
> with 128 MB RAM).
> Mozilla is taking 20 sec to load, OpenOffice applications even longer.
> On the System Monitor, it looks like the RAM is too busy...
> Any hints or sites where I could find the basics on improving
> performance? Should I try another Linux?

1-Add more RAM. Go to 256M at least.
2-Turn off services you don't use or need.
3-Upgrade to a K6-III+ chip if your motherboard supports it.
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