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#1 2011-12-04 09:26:13

mahmood
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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reducing memory usage

Hi
I installed Xubuntu 11.10 as a virtualbox guest OS.
I want to know is there anyway to reduce memory usage. I don't care about visual effects. I only want to reduce RAM usage.

thanks,

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#2 2011-12-04 11:10:51

fervi
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: reducing memory usage

Maybe you should turn off Composite?

Menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor -> Enable display Compositing (set Disable)

Sorry for my bad English

Fervi

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#3 2011-12-04 13:31:42

mahmood
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: reducing memory usage

I did that. But it doesn't have a significant effect. I found that Xorg uses more ram than xfce-desktop.

Any more idea?

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#4 2011-12-04 14:05:28

fervi
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Re: reducing memory usage

Ok, another question - What kind of CPU do you emulate? (your processor, MHZ, Cores (VBox / RL), Ram (VBox / RL), Graphics Memory (Vbox / RL)

Fervi

Sorry for my bad english

PS. If you are good (experience?) Linux user - u can use sysv-rc-conf to disable not-used services

Last edited by fervi (2011-12-04 14:07:05)

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#5 2011-12-04 14:07:28

mahmood
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: reducing memory usage

Name:
xubuntu11.10

OS Type:
Ubuntu (64 bit)


Base Memory:
1425 MB
(host ram is 4GB)


Processors:
3
(host cpu is Core-i7 2650Qm)

Acceleration:
VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging


Video Memory:
128 MB
(host graphic is Radeon HD 6550M)

Acceleration:
3D

Remote Desktop Server:
Disabled

Last edited by mahmood (2011-12-04 14:09:40)

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#6 2011-12-04 14:12:20

fervi
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: reducing memory usage

I recommended you - VMware Player

It's free and faster than VirtualBox - It should be better for u.

Try it (if u can)

Fervi

PS. BTW - Do you have Guest Additions installed?

Last edited by fervi (2011-12-04 14:16:01)

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#7 2011-12-04 16:03:03

Nick
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Re: reducing memory usage

Most of the ram you see is shared, therefore X is using more ram then the applications.

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#8 2011-12-10 18:01:15

demosthenese
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From: Liverpool, UK
Registered: 2009-05-04
Posts: 71

Re: reducing memory usage

Xubuntu is not a particularly light implementation of Xfce. You may be better off trying the Debian Xfce spin, as it has a similar underlying tool set. The only caveat is you will either have to configure sudo for yourself, or get used to using su.

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#9 2011-12-12 19:19:32

mmassonnet
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