Speeding Up

[Irishwhistle]

I am interested in speeding up my system (in the sig) and I wondered if anyone knew of anything I could do to optimize the performance. I am running Ubuntu 7.04 on it. Thanks!

~Jordan

 

[Maddhatter]

some more ram would definitely do it

 

[Irishwhistle]

some more ram would definitely do it

Yeah, is there anything I can do just to kind of get everything running as well as possible?

 

[jp198780]

upgrading CPU

 

[Shane]

yeah even upgrading to 512Mb you will see quite a differance but i would get a 512mb stick to go alongside your 256 stick.

What processor does the Dell OptiPlex GX1 have?

lol i cant be bothred looking it up .

 

[_simon_]

Install the XFCE desktop, it's lighter weight than Gnome.

Open Terminal and paste this in:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop

1. Log out.
2. Under Session, select Xfce.
3. Log back in again.

 

[Kornowski]

Yeah, I agree with that the other guys are saying, try and get at least a 512MB stick of RAM.

You could download CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/

Running that will clean your computer up and make it a bit faster, When I first ran it I removed 2GB of un-needed stuff

Also, just do the usual, Virus Scan and Defrag your HDD.

 

[Shane]

Yeah, I agree with that the other guys are saying, try and get at least a 512MB stick of RAM.

You could download CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/

Running that will clean your computer up and make it a bit faster, When I first ran it I removed 2GB of un-needed stuff

Also, just do the usual, Virus Scan and Defrag your HDD.

hes running Ubuntu linux mate...i dont think theres a CCleaner for linux.
but yes get at least 512mb of ram because its not that expensive now.

 

[_simon_]

Yeah, I agree with that the other guys are saying, try and get at least a 512MB stick of RAM.

You could download CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/

Running that will clean your computer up and make it a bit faster, When I first ran it I removed 2GB of un-needed stuff

Also, just do the usual, Virus Scan and Defrag your HDD.

None of that is applicable to Linux! apart from the memory upgrade, but I gather they don't want to spend any money.

Have you tried asking on the Ubuntu forum? there may be some services you can turn off.

 

[jp198780]

CPU 1 Intel Pentium(r) II; 333 MHz

omgosh..

 

[daisymtc]

New Pc

 

[Shane]

New Pc

Thats great advice

 

[_simon_]

Maybe they're offering to buy one for him?

 

[Irishwhistle]

CPU 1 Intel Pentium(r) II; 333 MHz

omgosh..

Wrong, It's Intel Pentium III, I know, it's not much better than II. What is a decent processor I can get for under $40, I don't care if it's on eBay.

~Jordan

 

[Shane]

Maybe they're offering to buy one for him?

yeah ...buy me one if you want too....Quad core please

 

[Irishwhistle]

New Pc

Oh thanks! I was wanting someone to offer to buy one for me! Just make sure that it has Core 2 Duo, Nividia GeForce (or better), 500Gb HD, and 2Gb RAM. Thanks for the offer!

~Jordan