FC4 Sluggishness on a 466 MHz Celeron

[Kam Leo]

On 7/10/05, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 22:08 -0400, stan mcintosh wrote:
> 
> > FC4 installed ran easily enough, but it makes this computer almost as
> > slow as when it had Win-98.  What am I doing wrong in the setup?  I need
> > to revisit Thunderbird setup, since downloading e-mails has gotten to be
> > slower than I have ever experienced.
> 
> Not sure of the differences to make FC4 slower, but have you made sure
> unneeded services aren't running that you don't need?  Do you have extra
> programs running?
> 
> Of course, I'm sure that at one point, FC versions aren't going to run
> too fast on some of the older hardware.
> 
> --
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
> 

Memory requirements have gone up since RH9. Does your system have at
least 256 MB?