[opensuse] Suggestions for a minimal 11.0 install?
Hi all, I have a friend who is still using rather ancient hardware, and wishes to keep using that for as long as possible. She's currently running a 10.0 install I set up a while back using IceWM. I tweaked with that (and selected IceWM deliberately) so as to keep the memory footprint and CPU usage to a minimum. Well, I'd like to upgrade her basic system to 11.0. Can anyone save me much messing about tweaking services back and forth by telling me their thoughts on which services I can shut down? (And perhaps how to shut them down if it's not obvious--I typically just put a # in front of the SnnBlahBlah filenames in the /etc/rc.?/ directories. Her hard disk isn't large, but adequate as she doesn't tend to create vast documents (nor many photos!). That said, leaving packages off the disk entirely would be a good choice. In particular, of course, I'll need to be really sure that beagle is well and truely out of the picture. This machine is not likely to withstand the dog sneaking in and using spare memory or disk IO! Merry Christmas (or whatever midwinter festival suits your religious and cultural preferences) to all, Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Simon,
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Simon Roberts
Well, I'd like to upgrade her basic system to 11.0. Can anyone save me much messing about tweaking services back and forth by telling me their thoughts on which services I can shut down? (And perhaps how to shut them down if it's not obvious--I typically just put a # in front of the SnnBlahBlah filenames in the /etc/rc.?/ directories.
To inactive a service you may used yast | system | system service/runlevel or by using : chkconfig servicename off -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Masim "Vavai" Sugianto said the following on 12/25/2008 12:34 PM:
Hi Simon,
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Simon Roberts
wrote: Well, I'd like to upgrade her basic system to 11.0. Can anyone save me much messing about tweaking services back and forth by telling me their thoughts on which services I can shut down? (And perhaps how to shut them down if it's not obvious--I typically just put a # in front of the SnnBlahBlah filenames in the /etc/rc.?/ directories.
To inactive a service you may used yast | system | system service/runlevel or by using :
chkconfig servicename off
Shutting down or turning off a service won't remove the binary and supporting libraries. Removing the binary, by hand or by 'rpm -e' may still leave the orphaned libraries. Is there any way to find out if there are libraries that are not being used by any program? I'm sure many of us have installed programs to try them out, been unhappy and uninstalled them 0- but have left the supporting libraries lying around, orphaned and collecting dust and taking up space. Other than the Microsoft method of wipe-and-reinstall what can be done about them? -- Eschew Obfuscation! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2008-12-25 at 09:08 -0800, Simon Roberts wrote:
I have a friend who is still using rather ancient hardware, and wishes to keep using that for as long as possible. She's currently running a 10.0 install I set up a while back using IceWM. I tweaked with that (and selected IceWM deliberately) so as to keep the memory footprint and CPU usage to a minimum.
Well, I'd like to upgrade her basic system to 11.0. Can anyone save me much messing about tweaking services back and forth by telling me their thoughts on which services I can shut down? (And perhaps how to shut them down if it's not obvious--I typically just put a # in front of the SnnBlahBlah filenames in the /etc/rc.?/ directories.
On a suse installation you should never touch the inside of the /etc/rc.?/ directories. Those changes are not permanent, can be undone automatically. If you need a service to be off, use "chkconfig servicename off", or remove the rpm for good.
In particular, of course, I'll need to be really sure that beagle is well and truely out of the picture. This machine is not likely to withstand the dog sneaking in and using spare memory or disk IO!
Then remove beagle :-) Just do a selection for the patterns you install. Don't select kde nor gnome, unless you need programs in there. The minimal pattern is really minimal. Too much "minimal" in my opinion. Notice that even if you install more than what you need, it will run. It will use swap, if there not enough memory, but that's all. Just check what is using too much memory and remove those, if not needed. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklT3OQACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VnzgCaA7Vpi6ExerqMk70tY0TE+fZd rm8AniMo/xVY3+vKtlC24YR/JGMxw+hz =e1Jc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Simon Roberts escribió:
Hi all,
I have a friend who is still using rather ancient hardware,
Define "ancient hardware", processor speed ? RAM ? -- "We have art in order not to die of the truth" - Friedrich Nietzsche Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/
participants (5)
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Anton Aylward
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Carlos E. R.
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Cristian Rodríguez
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Masim "Vavai" Sugianto
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Simon Roberts