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

[Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi]

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 at archlinux.org> 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 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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