Matej Cepl skrev:
on the background. Whenever I run something more complicated in Linux (gcc, update of slocate dbase), whole computer goes almost to halt (and it is not that bad computer -- Dell Inspiron 2200 notebook w/ Celeron 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM). I believe that Linux should have perfect multi-everything, but apparently there is some problem with my configuration. Can anybody kick me in the right direction?
Pretty much the only thing that comes to my mind is if you are running a kernel that has been compiled with the 'preemptible kernel' option. Without a preemptible kernel, the desktop experience is not as good.
Anders