Reduce Your Ubuntu Linux Memory Footprint

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 5, 2007 @04:25AM 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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Reduce Your Ubuntu Linux Memory Footprint by pathological+liar · 2007-02-05 05:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

Run KDE!
Re:Know your limits, install accordingly by Yvan256 · 2007-02-05 07:16 · Score: 0, Redundant

My only question to whomever still might be reading this is: is there a lightweight CSS-compatible browser that's not a memory pig on the order of Konqueror or even Firefox?
Have you tried Opera? It's available for quite a lot of platforms, and it's usually quite fast, requires low RAM and is pretty much one of the best browser as far as CSS compatibility goes.