[PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience
Victor Soich
vsoich at gmail.com
Fri Jul 10 11:34:08 UTC 2009
Hi,
I have debian on my laptop and a comcast broadband connection.
When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account
and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on
the screen as I type them is super slow.
When I open a lot of tabs, i.e. web sites, my system goes so slow that
I can no longer effectivly surf the Internet.
How do I solve these two problems?
Specs of my system:
cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 183820 kB
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 498.170
cache size : 256 KB
df -h /dev/hda1
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 37G 2.7G 32G 8% /
I am using KDE. It is what was automatically installed when I
installed Debian.
I believe I do not have the recommended amount of RAM to effectively
use KDE, and
that is affecting my typing in gmail and my overall web surfing experience.
I think I need to install a different Window Manager and/or Desktop.
I don't understand
the difference between a Window Manager and a Desktop. Can someone clarify?
How do I install a different Window Manager and/or Desktop?
Most importantly, can you please recommend a combination of Window
Manager, Desktop, and Web Browser, given my computers modest specs,
such that I can compose emails in gmail without the letters appearing
so slow, and furthermore open a lot of tabs and surf the web
effectively.
Perhaps it is the case that I need to invest in new hardware, but I
don't think so. Linux is
suppose to work on old stuff. Perhaps I'm asking too much of Linux on
my old laptop?
I don't know. I just know that I'm kind of miserable composing emails
in gmail, and in surfing the net.
Thank you for your consideration.
Victor
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