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Reduce Your Ubuntu Linux Memory Footprint

Posted by Hemos on from the efficency-is-king dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The ideas in this article will help you breathe life (and some additional security) into your old Linux machines and make better use of Linux on aging hardware. In this article, learn how to accurately measure the amount of memory your Linux system uses. You also get practical advice on reducing your memory requirements using an Ubuntu system as an example. A lack of physical memory can severely hamper Linux performance. This will help you reduce your systems memory footprint and keep your old Linux system running the latest fully featured Linux applications smoothly."

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  1. Re:Know your limits, install accordingly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    is there a lightweight CSS-compatible browser that's not a memory pig

    I'm looking for one too. I'm planning to evaluate Atlantis, but haven't done so yet because you need to build it from source and I haven't taken the time yet.

    Apple took the guts of Konqueror and made a library. Someone else took that library and made a GTK+ version called GTK+ WebCore. Someone else wrote a simple GTK+ application using that library, and that's Atlantis.

    I want a browser that looks nice (I want subpixel antialiasing, Japanese characters correct, etc.) and absolutely does not leak memory. I'm hoping Atlantis will work out for that.

    http://www.akcaagac.com/index_atlantis.html