[KLUG Members] New member intro

[Paul VandenBosch]

Hello

I just signed up on the maillist today and thought I would send a quick into.

My system has recently been upgraded from a dual-boot Red Hat 6.2/Windows 98 
to a SuSE 7.2 linux only OS.  I got tired of viruses and the built in 
vulnerability of Outlook.

SuSE 7.2 claims to be newbie friendly and you can get by with GUI only, at 
least until something goes wrong.  I decided that if I am going to go linux 
only, I need to dive into Unix and linux configuration.  Thats why I'm here.

I run an overgrown homepage which is a popular sailing website, the Guide to 
Sailing and Cruising Stories.  Mainly I look for free info for people wanting 
to take tours on their sailboats.  So I do a lot of web surfing and searches. 
 Typical method of operation is to open about five or six browsers (or more) 
and keep moving from browser to browser as I surf along.  I like to keep my 
modem busy transfering info.  I am using the Konqueror browser provided by 
SuSE 7.2.

My question today is about why my PC locks up when I have multiple  browsers 
running.  I am assuming that it is because I have only 64M RAM.  If I upgrade 
to 256M do you think that I will have better luck with multiple browsers?  
Are there any other reasons why the screen would lock up with multiple 
browsers, such as large incoming files, javascript or java problems?

Thanks!