Hi all,
I am happily using fluxbox in a slow computer. It will be nice to speed up more, because sometimes it takes 'unusually longer time' to open a file / program.
Please advise me, how to speed up fluxbox (linux mint 8 fluxbox CE).
increase the size of swap partition? (I can do it, I have some disk space free).
remove some programs that I do not use? (I can do it, but I am confused, I may remove a shared library).
remove some features that I do not need? (how to do it, I don't know).
[SOLVED] How to speed up Fluxbox
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[SOLVED] How to speed up Fluxbox
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Re: How to speed up Fluxbox?
You can disable services that you do not use or use only rarely... e.g. I usually disable printing and bluetooth. You can do this using the 'sysv-rc-conf' command line tool. If you don't know what a service is from the name, just search on google or for the package in synaptic and it will tell you. Run 'sudo sysv-rc-conf' and move around with the cursor keys and enable/disable services using the space bar. To disable, uncheck all boxes for a specific service. You can always start a service when you need it. e.g. to start bluetooth run 'sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start'
You can also comment out apps that you do not need from the fluxbox startup file... ~/.fluxbox/startup . Just add a # at the beginning of a line to disable the app.
You can use preload to get an extra performance boost. http://www.howtoforge.com/speed-up-your ... buntu-9.04
Increasing swap is only useful if it gets filled up. You can see how full it is by running 'free' in the terminal. If you are talking about hardware, getting a better CPU and more RAM will give you better performance... but you didn't need me to tell you that
You can also comment out apps that you do not need from the fluxbox startup file... ~/.fluxbox/startup . Just add a # at the beginning of a line to disable the app.
You can use preload to get an extra performance boost. http://www.howtoforge.com/speed-up-your ... buntu-9.04
Increasing swap is only useful if it gets filled up. You can see how full it is by running 'free' in the terminal. If you are talking about hardware, getting a better CPU and more RAM will give you better performance... but you didn't need me to tell you that
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Re: How to speed up Fluxbox?
Thank you so much dear shane for your detailed advice.shane wrote:You can disable services that you do not use or use only rarely... e.g. I usually disable printing and bluetooth. You can do this using the 'sysv-rc-conf' command line tool. If you don't know what a service is from the name, just search on google or for the package in synaptic and it will tell you. Run 'sudo sysv-rc-conf' and move around with the cursor keys and enable/disable services using the space bar. To disable, uncheck all boxes for a specific service. You can always start a service when you need it. e.g. to start bluetooth run 'sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start'
You can also comment out apps that you do not need from the fluxbox startup file... ~/.fluxbox/startup . Just add a # at the beginning of a line to disable the app.
You can use preload to get an extra performance boost. http://www.howtoforge.com/speed-up-your ... buntu-9.04
Increasing swap is only useful if it gets filled up. You can see how full it is by running 'free' in the terminal. If you are talking about hardware, getting a better CPU and more RAM will give you better performance... but you didn't need me to tell you that
Satisfied.