Sorry freq (unless you are an automated message); here's the full link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KS5Iy0OJ6UHWeoAN2WSBelHn6ZWjoUKT/view @Ralf Mardorf: Of course the DE doesn't. When I boot up to my desktop, my RAM usage is just under 1GB for Cinnamon + LightDM. Which is very fair for a modern x64 system. But thing is, I'm usually running a couple of virtual machines and browser windows and bulding something at the same time. (Yeah, I should get more RAM). ;) Regards On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 5:04 AM, freq via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Be careful when clicking shortened links like "goo.gl", they can be phishing tactic linkage. > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:47:33 -0200 > "Marcelo \"Marc\" Ranolfi via arch-general" <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Replacing GDM for LightDM was a smart move. >> (You can make it look like GDM; here's a hand: https://goo.gl/WpMrYg) >> >> If you like GNOME and would still like to use it, I recommend changing >> vm.swappiness to a higher value (default is 60). In my case I found >> that changing it to 80 solved most of my unresponsive DE issues - >> although I use Cinnamon, and I have 8GB of RAM. YMMV. >> >> >> Regards >> Marc >> >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 8:39 PM, Giovanni Santini via arch-general >> <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hello again, >> > Thanks to your suggestions, I decided to >> > 1. Replace GDM with LightDM >> > 2. Install LXDE as lightweight DE >> > The installation was easy and I am really glad of the RAM performance >> > obtained (I suppose GDM was the real resource hog). >> > >> > These is only one small desire that is still unexpressed for me: I both >> > have mutter and openbox locally installed and I would like to use only >> > mutter (looks much better) when using LXDE. >> > The problem is that I have literally no idea of how to set up its keys; >> > from its man, I should change them from the Control Center, that is not >> > present in LXDE (it's GNOME stuff) and I am not sure of which GNOME >> > settings services I should execute to make it work. If anyone has any >> > tips, please speak ahead! >> > >> > Thanks again to all, anyways :) >> > >> > -- >> > Giovanni Santini >> > My blog: http://giovannisantini.tk >> > My code: https://git{hub,lab}.com/ItachiSan >> > My GPG: 2FADEBF5 > > > -- > freq <freq@xxxxxxxxxxx>
