[apacheguy]

Hi all-

I have installed Fedora 6 on an old computer (runs on 256 MB RAM, 700 Mhz processor, 80 GB hard drive). The problem is that this computer is extremely slow. I don't know exactly what the problem is, but usually as soon as I login to the machine via SSH, it freezes and drops the network connection.

Previously, this computer ran Windows XP, which, while somewhat slow, was significantly faster than with Fedora 6.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[devils casper]

Have you considered installing any lightweight distro? ( check here ) Your machine's specs are not good for Fedora.

Btw, try stopping unnecessary services.

A lot of Services run in background that a Home PC User doesn't use/need. Stop these services to increase system's overall performance. Click on System -- Administration -- Server Settings -- Services and enter root password.
Un-check checkboxes of these services. (in case, you are not sure, read 'Description' of each service. top-right Description box.)
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anacron, apmd, atd, avahi-daemon, bluetooth, cpuspeed, cups, cups-config-daemon, mdmonitor, nfslock, rpcgssd, rpcidmapd and sendmail.
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Click the save icon. click on Edit Runlevel in Menu and select Runlevel 3, uncheck boxes here too. save and exit.

[apacheguy]

Thanks for the reply. I will consider installing one of the other linux distributions.

P.S. I have tried disabling a number of the services you listed, but that did not speed up the computer.