On Tue, 6 Aug 2019, Peter wrote: > On 6/08/19 3:44 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> In any case, Centos 7 has not always been this slow. >> Presumably something has changed. > > Websites have gotten more resource-intensive. You've run "yum updates" and > now have a newer version of Firefox and/or Chrome. Your browsing habits have > changed and you browse with more tabs open now. More bloated browsers are not hard to believe in. My habits haven't change much, though. Mostly I use a browser for things I want to read and things I want to download. Maybe that is why I'd been getting along with 2GB. > I have two suggestions for you: > > 1. Run a lightweight desktop such as XFCE instead of Gnome or KDE. I'll try it. > 2. Run out and buy more RAM. Max your system out at 4G or 8G or whatever it > will take. You will need it and appreciate it. Maybe. I open the case with fear and trepidation. The first time I opened a PC case, I zapped my video card installing a disk drive. Under the impressing that memory was the most ststic-sensitive thing in a PC, I had a friend install the DDR2 memory I'd bought. 'Twas frightening to watch: like wathing The Cat in the Hat play with one's grandmother's favorite china. So far as I could tell, he totally ignored the possbility that static could do bad things. It worked and I did not have a heart attack. Also, what is it with DDR2 prices? When I bought DDR2, DDR3 was the norm and I paid hundreds of dollars for DDR2. Do not remember for how much. Now I suspect DDR4 is the norm and am seeing 8GB of DDR2 for less than $30. Huh? DDR3 isn't much more. I'll need to do some digging to discover whether my box needs DDR2 or DDR3.DDR3 I doubt it's DDR4. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards