[arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:47:33 -0200
"Marcelo \"Marc\" Ranolfi via arch-general" <arch-general at archlinux.org> 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 at archlinux.org> 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


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