"why is my Linux so damn slow?"

[T. Horsnell]

M. Fioretti wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago,
> the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade)
> became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of
> Fedora, but I would like to understand where exactly is and if/how
> Fedora in some way amplifies it. I've posted all details here:
> 
> http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/help-request-why-is-my-linux-so-damn-slow
> 
> TIA,
> Marco
> 

Just to convince us all that it's not some subtle hardware problem,
can you make a FC14 live cd and boot from that, and then see if
you still get the same terrible performance?

Cheers,
Terry