My Other PC is slow, will linux make it faster?

[RedgreengamerYT]

my old windows xp is really slow and i added like 5 GB or Virtual ram and its still slow.will linux make it faster? and is there more ways to make it faster.

[userzero]

Whats the spec of it?

 

Linux OS's will run better on crappy old hardware yes. Mint Cinamon is a nice modern GUI if you know the basics.

[k.m.p]

Potentially yes, since Linux is far lighter on system resources then windows from what I know.

but don't expect a 10x increase in performance

[kelvinhall05]

You added. Five gigabytes. Of virtual RAM.

 

Please tell me you're either joking or using the wrong terms.

[userzero]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

You added. Five gigabytes. Of virtual RAM.

 

Please tell me you're either joking or using the wrong terms.

I wasn't gonna rise to it... 

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

You added. Five gigabytes. Of virtual RAM.

 

Please tell me you're either joking or using the wrong terms.

He is talking about swap.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, userzero said:

I wasn't gonna rise to it... 

I'm kinda an asshole. I have to do it.

 

 

Anyways, OP, Linux will be more lightweight than XP, but let's be honest: if your PC has trouble running XP, ditch it.

[WereCatf]

7 minutes ago, RedgreengamerYT said:

my old windows xp is really slow and i added like 5 GB or Virtual ram and its still slow.will linux make it faster? and is there more ways to make it faster.

This "virtual RAM" or swap doesn't increase performance at all, that isn't what it is for. It's there to allow you to run stuff that requires more RAM than your device physically has, but since it's not real RAM, it's actually excruciatingly slow. In general it's a good idea to have some, especially on old hardware, but like I said, it won't make your system run any faster.

[ProjectBox153]

Ok, what are the specs of the system? Nobody should be using Windows XP.

[BensurFP]

You can try LUbuntu or XUbuntu. I use them to give old computers a second life.

[RedgreengamerYT]

On 2017/12/8 at 7:59 PM, userzero said:

Whats the spec of it?

 

Linux OS's will run better on crappy old hardware yes. Mint Cinamon is a nice modern GUI if you know the basics.

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:00 PM, k.m.p said:

Potentially yes, since Linux is far lighter on system resources then windows from what I know.

but don't expect a 10x increase in performance

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:00 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

You added. Five gigabytes. Of virtual RAM.

 

Please tell me you're either joking or using the wrong terms.

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:02 PM, userzero said:

I wasn't gonna rise to it... 

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:02 PM, WereCatf said:

He is talking about swap.

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:02 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

I'm kinda an asshole. I have to do it.

 

 

Anyways, OP, Linux will be more lightweight than XP, but let's be honest: if your PC has trouble running XP, ditch it.

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:04 PM, WereCatf said:

This "virtual RAM" or swap doesn't increase performance at all, that isn't what it is for. It's there to allow you to run stuff that requires more RAM than your device physically has, but since it's not real RAM, it's actually excruciatingly slow. In general it's a good idea to have some, especially on old hardware, but like I said, it won't make your system run any faster.

 

On 2017/12/8 at 8:15 PM, Jamiec1130 said:

Ok, what are the specs of the system? Nobody should be using Windows XP.

 

On 2017/12/10 at 3:56 AM, BensurFP said:

You can try LUbuntu or XUbuntu. I use them to give old computers a second life.

Thank you all for the help!

[Claryn]

What are the specs of the computer? Most old computers are just limited by an old, dying HDD. If you have something newer than a Core 2 Duo and more than 2GB of RAM, then yes! Keep it. I am still using old Thinkpads like the X200 and X201, but with upgraded storage (New SSDs compared to the 10 years old HDDs). These are very good machines, specially when paired with a lightweight Linux-distro.