Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:47:19 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI" <dmagnuszewski@mandtbank.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... Message-ID: <20060725184720.0030145047@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:59:28 EDT." <s4c623e2.013@comrcm01intgwia.mandtbank.com>
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:59:28 -0400 > From: "DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI" <dmagnuszewski@mandtbank.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > All, > > I'm assuming this is the correct forum for this - correct me if I'm > wrong... > > I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 > MHZ. 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? I used to run Gnome on my 600E ad it' not hopeless, but I really suggest a leaner desktop. Gnome is pretty and feature rich, but it's a total pig for CPU. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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