For what it's worth, I'm running the 13.10 kernel in puppy slacko 5.6 on 
a Dell Precision 670 with one hyper-threaded CPU and it has virtually 
"cured" the laggy ills of ubuntu and mint for me.   If  I succeed in 
compiling original vi, I probably won't go back to the popular distros.  
The speed is addicting.  Everything works as advertised by Barry Kauler 
et al.   The learning curve is reasonable and the system apps have 
friendly annotations.

Jon Kettenhofen
subs@kexsof.com

On 09/05/2013 03:29 AM, Derek Trotter wrote:
> I'll backup the current install then try that.
>
> On 09/05/2013 12:14 AM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>> You might try installing the net yet released kubuntu 13.10 on it. 
>> It's got the 3.11 kernel in it that might have fixed whatever is 
>> causing the lockups.
>> I've been running it on a Lenovo T60 for a few weeks with no problems 
>> at all.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 09/04/2013 11:56 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>>> I've spent the last week going through the kernel parameters for the 
>>> 3.8
>>> kernel and trying different options.  So far this beast still locks up.
>>> I recall several months ago that this beast did not lock up when I 
>>> tried
>>> Slackware.  I'm figuring something happens while Kubuntu is booting up
>>> that doesn't happen when Slackware boots up.  Does anyone know what 
>>> that
>>> might be?
>>>
>>> I just bought a  Dell inspiron 350 yesterday.  I'm thinking of
>>> reinfecting this thing with windows and using it only when I need the
>>> extra processor power.  However I really don't want to do that.  I will
>>> be ever so thankful if anyone has an answer. Thanks.
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and 
>>> if I'm not there, I carry on as usual."
>>>
>>> Patrick Moore
>>>
>>>
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