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by KBD
Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: MX KDE Official Release
Topic: Who says you can't come home?
Replies: 23
Views: 2290

Re: Who says you can't come home?

Finally back after installing MX KDE. Feels good. Lots of data retrieval and tweaking and configging to do, but that's what long weekends are for, right? I'll no doubt have some stoopid questions and will most likely step on some peoples' toes, but I'll try not to cause too much trouble. Good to se...
by KBD
Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: MX KDE Official Release
Topic: MX 19.2 KDE
Replies: 62
Views: 5986

Re: MX 19.2 KDE

Just want to say great job with MX KDE! Absolutely loving it :)
by KBD
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:34 am
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Ram use fresh boot
Replies: 10
Views: 754

Re: Ram use fresh boot

Thanks! Will take a look at seamonkey. Browsers eat up most of the memory and give cpu's the biggest workout, at least in my usage.
by KBD
Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Ram use fresh boot
Replies: 10
Views: 754

Re: Ram use fresh boot

Thanks guys!
Loving Fluxbox. Uses less ram and even a few degrees cooler.
by KBD
Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:02 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Ram use fresh boot
Replies: 10
Views: 754

Re: Ram use fresh boot

Seaken64 posted a howto in Tips&Tricks on this very subject. He has a step-by-step guide for getting MX to run on (in his case) a Pentium III system with IIRC 500MB of RAM and turn it into a still-usable computer. Search Tips&Tricks for fluxbox and you'll find it. Will take a look at that. ...
by KBD
Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Ram use fresh boot
Replies: 10
Views: 754

Re: Ram use fresh boot

A quick way is to first check if there are any applications autostarted that you don't really need under Whisker menu > Settings > "Session and Startup". One thing to understand is that just because RAM is used doesn't mean it is being wasted, it's more of the efficiency of RAM utilizatio...
by KBD
Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Ram use fresh boot
Replies: 10
Views: 754

Ram use fresh boot

I'm seeing about 550 mb ram use with a fresh boot. I've disabled compositing and have conky disabled. Wondering if there are other ways to speed it up, use less ram? I'm not hurting for ram, but have a lightweight cpu (Braswell) and I'm trying to see how light I can get MX 19.
by KBD
Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: has an MX update made my X220 run a bit hotter?
Replies: 12
Views: 1238

Re: has an MX update made my X220 run a bit hotter?

X220 gets hot when it's under a constant load. Mine got hot when running Windows 10, that's one reason I switched it to Linux. It ran incredible on MX 18 before I gave it to my daughter. You might turn off the compositor to save a bit of ram/cpu load, maybe a few other tweaks could cool it down. Cle...
by KBD
Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Don't do it Libreoffice 7
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

Re: Don't do it Libreoffice 7

Here is LibreOffice's board statement and they are asking for feedback: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/07/06/board-statement-on-the-libreoffice-7-0rc-personal-edition-label/ The first response in the comment section under the post sums up my feelings exactly: I suggest using “the othe...
by KBD
Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Don't do it Libreoffice 7
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

Re: Don't do it Libreoffice 7

Redhat/Fedora model would be awful :( Corporate interests will always trump community interests. But I suspect that's where LibreOffice is heading. I saw a comment in a post on Ars not long ago that said IBM provided support for OpenOffice in corporate settings. I actually just found a link about it...

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