Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Benedek Frank wrote:
> Hi. Can you check to see if I use something really that I shouldnt use at all?
>
> THanks, and the RES column is that shows the "m" after numbers. Maybe stands
> for for MB?
Yes it does. Also, if you don't already know, the first memory column is
the total memory usage of a program, some of which may be swapped out, the
second memory column is the total currently in core, and the third is the
amount that is shared between programs that use the same set of libraries
(or simply two forked copies of the same program).
> 22318 root 15 0 43904 32m 5732 S 3.6 13.9 23:48.20 X
> 3814 ben 16 0 48816 31m 21m S 0.0 13.3 2:15.27 kmail
> 4052 ben 16 0 81496 22m 17m R 0.0 9.5 0:17.64 kopete
> 2152 ben 15 0 27776 15m 11m S 0.0 6.5 0:20.47 kmix
> 30692 ben 15 0 32636 14m 12m S 0.0 6.3 0:22.40 knotify
> 4037 ben 15 0 30020 12m 7832 S 24.8 5.3 0:32.65 gnome-terminal
> 22347 ben 15 0 17792 12m 7272 S 0.0 5.3 1:13.85 xfce-mcs-manage
> 30686 ben 16 0 26556 11m 9.8m S 0.0 5.0 0:08.34 kded
> 3850 ben 16 0 25080 10m 8700 S 0.0 4.3 0:00.20 kio_file
> 4140 ben 15 0 49728 10m 8696 S 0.0 4.3 0:00.39 kio_pop3
> 4142 ben 15 0 49728 10m 8696 S 0.0 4.3 0:00.29 kio_pop3
> 22338 ben 15 0 15556 9m 6716 S 0.0 4.2 1:32.69 xfce4-panel
> 30684 ben 16 0 24764 9996 8548 S 0.0 4.2 0:02.08 klauncher
> 30679 ben 17 0 23464 9588 8004 S 0.0 4.0 0:02.13 kdeinit
> 24336 ben 15 0 24424 8972 5740 S 3.0 3.7 8:43.92 gkrellm
> 30682 ben 16 0 22788 8792 7716 S 0.0 3.7 0:01.60
Gah! And this is why you don't use kde. 32-12m=20m (32m in use total, of
which 14m is swapped in, and 12m is able to be shared amongst other
bloated kde apps) just for a mixer? And if the mixer happens to be the
only kde app you were using (yes this happens - I once ran xwrits to get
me to stop typing too much, and then promptly blew it away when it wanted
to drag in 30m worth of libraries, just to set up a timer and
keyboard/mouse monitor - how fscked is that?), then you can count the full
32m to it. What does it do? Emulate emacs whilst brewing the coffee?
Use xterm instead of gnome-terminal:
1410 tconnors 15 0 4060 4060 2192 S 0.0 0.4 0:44 xterm
Yes, a terminal emulator doesn't *need* 30m just to freaking run. Yikes!
As much as I hate pine (I'd hate kmail worse), it only needs:
5065 tconnors 15 0 3736 3736 2272 S 0.2 0.4 0:00 pine
All those other k* programs are just useless helper apps to kde. Blow kde
away, and that'll free up a bit.
Seriously, get rid of the kde and gnome crap. You don't need it. It
won't make your life any happier. And then you will look at the dribbling
fools who keep on drooling over the eye-candy, and laugh at their constant
need to upgrade to the latest hardware that only makes their room hotter
(and fucks up the environment for the rest of us). And you won't need to
upgrade your computer, because when it is not running crufty bloated
crapware, it's plenty fast enough.
Oh, and encourage your favourite hacker to emphasise code quality and
optimisation before useless feaping creaturism.
--
TimC
[On being overcaffeinated...] Yes, this is possible - symptons include
the sun being too loud and grokking in full what Adams meant by
"unpleasantly like being drunk". -- Steed @ ASR
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