Newbie - P3 sony with 64 meg laptop

[Mbarter]

Hi I install core 3 on a sony laptop which has a P3 chip and 64 megs of memory. It took 3 hours to install. fidora runs but it is very slow. It took open office spreed sheet two minutes to open. I installed workstation during my original install. Has any one have any ideas on how to make it faster. Or did I do something wrong. Next question will and older version of fidora run better?

[Lenard]

Please have a look at the RELEASE-NOTES-en[.html] file(s) on the first CD or no the DVD, it lists the system requirements like;

Memory Requirements

This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3.

* Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
* Minimum for graphical: 192MB
* Recommended for graphical: 256MB

So if possible increase the amount of ram on the laptop. Also try using a differnet Window/Desktop Manager other than Gnome or KDE. XFCE4 is included on the installation media for example, or maybe some other one; http://xwinman.org/

In answer to your other question, no an older versions of Fedora have the same memory and other requirements.

[ucfagls]

I'd second that. Things aren't the nippiest on my Sony P3 1GHz 256MB RAM laptop running FC3/GNOME and doing stats computing, opening OO.org etc, but certainly not that slow. I'm planning on maxing my laptop out to 512MB as soon as I find the time to go shopping

[robghealey]

Same as told already. RAM is the biggest and quickest way to increase system performance....