From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 26 07:06:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1470516A4DE for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:06:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FAE243D53 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:06:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6Q76iBX003286 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:06:45 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6Q76igj001595; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:06:44 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k6Q76ia0001594; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:06:44 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:06:44 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI Message-ID: <20060726070644.GA740@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:06:48 -0000 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2006-Jul-25 13:59:28 -0400, DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: >I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 >MHZ. What luxury. I'm trying to get a usable FreeBSD 6.1 on a P-150. > I have Gnome installed, and would like to "trim the fat" to get it >to run as fast and efficiently as possible. Are there any >pointers/documents that anyone can point out to me that would help? As everyone else has pointed out, Gnome is a pig. What I don't think anyone has mentioned is the amount of RAM you have. 64MB is quite small, especially if you're intending to use bloated apps (like gnome). You probably want to go thru your kernel config and strip out all the drivers you don't need. I strongly suggest you invest in another 64MB (or even 128MB) of RAM - everything will run much more happily. --=20 Peter Jeremy --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQFExxSE/opHv/APuIcRAk7DAKCtqMpToCyajnKcbRO0ICTr7Eq7oQCWIGn9 Z1JA66Kk3G1+inUT2pwa0Q== =LZGu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo--