[Sussex] New distro install (Mandriva 2006) problems - where too start?

[Desmond Armstrong]

John,
Please open a terminal window and then type su enter the root password 
and then type 'top' and enter.
I have had the same problem but because of the extreme slowness I was 
not able to establish the culprit.
Please report back the top cpu hoggers.
You may also go into the uninstall and remove 'kat'. This shows as 
'kded' in top.
I suspect the problem is with xorg so I look forward to your findings.
With the machine I did I resorted to Mandriva 2005 and that runs very 
well, but, I need to know what the problem is. Some information from you 
and I shall retry Mandriva 2006.
Otherwise I am having great success with Mandriva2006
What is your processor speed and how much RAM do you have?
Thanks.