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I'm booting from a DVD. The boot is very slow -- several minutes. Also, programs take a long time to open (more on first use, but still more than I'm used to). Is this an effect of the DVD? Is there some way, when I install, to speed things up? I'm using a Dell Optiplex GX520, 2.8ghz with 1.5 gigs RAM. Is that too little RAM?

This is entirely from running it from DVD. Consider: you are running an entire operating system, tightly compressed, from an optical disc. An optical disc. Entire operating system.

The system will be snappy once installed. With 1.5 GB RAM, you can make things even faster by going to Settings menu > Administration > Session and Startup and UNTICKING the following:

DocFetcher-Daemon
Upload Tool
Xfdashboard Daemon
X-tile

Then go to Settings menu > Look and Feel > Desktop Effects > Least

Then go to Settings menu > Look and Feel > UberStudent Logo Toggler > Disable

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Thanks for the quick and helpful response. I was worried when the installation took over an hour on my slow machine, but once installed and the starting programs that you mentioned diabled, it works beautifully.