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I have a Acer netbook (Intel Atom/1 gb.) that I have installed Linux Lite 3.0 x32 on & in autostart have turned off bluetooth/Print Queue/Systemback scheduler, as I do not need them. Is there anyone who is using LL 3.0 on a netbook, or who can make suggestions, on how to speed it up. No complaints about Linux Lite. Netbooks are cheap, low end items. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would not say it runs terrible, I am just looking for any ideas to 'make it a bit better'. Thanks once again to everyone.
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I've done a similar thing on an MSI L1350D with similar specs to your Acer netbook.
It runs quite well I find, but it's also the most powerful I've owned so I guess my definition of 'terrible' might be different to someone who's used to more powerful hardware.
Only entries I have checked in Application Autostart are:
Network
Policykit Authentication Agent
Power Manager
PulseAudio Sound System
Thunar
XFCE Volume Daemon
XFSettingsd
User Folders Update
I think the XFCE desktop & LL itself are probably optimised about the best they can be for lighter powered systems.
There's a ton of articles about speeding up Linux on the web but how effective they really are I have no idea.
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I have one of those and they are frustratingly slow specially when watching Youtube. All I can suggest is not to have composition engaged. As for other suggestions if boot times are slow look at the recent systemd posts on how to have certain components not be running to help that. I found it a bit complicated (code for lazy).
I even tried putting more ram as it does come with 1 gig I expanded it to 2 gigs and it was not much help other than increasing the amount of available ram so it was not forced to go into the swap file (as that can really slow down this beast)
So yea it's a good machine but it's very close to it's end of life. I tried to install puppy linux on it a while ago and it gave me some problem that again I was to lazy to fix.
Yea other than ram I can't think of anything else
On a side note did you have any problems with the multiLang keyboard? t=6 Just curious....
I'v been bashing Windows way before Microsoft.....
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I have an Acer chromebook so I can relate. As JmaCWQ mentioned, it's probably best to disable processes that you don't use much. For me personally, I disable the Network (nm-applet) and bluetooth (blueman-applet) applets. Those two alone use almost 100MB of ram. Even though the network indicator isn't showing, you'll still be connected to your router. You can verify that with a quick ping in terminal. I've even contemplated getting rid of lightdm too.
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I have an Dell netbook like that, and find that using Midori rather than Firefox helps a lot.
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Thanks everybody (I will check out Midori). Just for fun a while back I installed Linux Lite 1.0.0 on the netbook. Took a grand total of 6 minutes to do. You would not believe how well it runs. BUT! Of course, you can't (shouldn't) connect to the internet because of security problems. I agree with LinuxNoob above, a netbook is close to 7 years old. For a computer that's worse than dog years. It would seem my choices are clear. (a) Live with the limitations of running LL 3.0 on a netbook. (b) Use Linux Lite 1.0.0, but stay off the internet. © Use a Puppy Linux, with the limitations that come with that. Thanks again for everyone's suggestions. I'll put it back on the shelf & think about it some more. I will say one thing for LL 1.0.0. Once you set it up ,& install from the few working repositories left what you want, it's still a great OS.
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contemplating using LL3.0 for a tablet. Would not removing Office and Thunar and Gimp , speed things up??
2006 - HP DC7700p ultraslim Desktop Intel 6300 cpu 4GB Ram LL3.8 64bit.
2007 - Fujitsu Siemens V3405 Laptop 2 GB Ram LL3.6 32bit. Now 32bit Debian 9 + nonfree.
2006 - Fujitsu Siemens Si1520 Laptop Intel T720 cpu 3GB Ram LL5.6 64 Bit
2014 - Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E754 Intel i7 4712MQ 16GB Ram LL6.6
2003 - RETIRED Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 1 GB RAM LL2.8 32bit
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(06-13-2016, 01:05 PM)Ottawagrant link Wrote: Thanks everybody (I will check out Midori). Just for fun a while back I installed Linux Lite 1.0.0 on the netbook. Took a grand total of 6 minutes to do. You would not believe how well it runs. BUT! Of course, you can't (shouldn't) connect to the internet because of security problems. I agree with LinuxNoob above, a netbook is close to 7 years old. For a computer that's worse than dog years. It would seem my choices are clear. (a) Live with the limitations of running LL 3.0 on a netbook. (b) Use Linux Lite 1.0.0, but stay off the internet. © Use a Puppy Linux, with the limitations that come with that. Thanks again for everyone's suggestions. I'll put it back on the shelf & think about it some more. I will say one thing for LL 1.0.0. Once you set it up ,& install from the few working repositories left what you want, it's still a great OS.
That dog years comment made me laugh. I have a dog and maybe if I install LL1.0 I cab get a few more years out of him as well. haha
As for Midori I found it always crashed on me. Maybe now it's more stable.
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(06-13-2016, 01:05 PM)Ottawagrant link Wrote: Thanks everybody (I will check out Midori). Just for fun a while back I installed Linux Lite 1.0.0 on the netbook. Took a grand total of 6 minutes to do. You would not believe how well it runs. BUT! Of course, you can't (shouldn't) connect to the internet because of security problems. I agree with LinuxNoob above, a netbook is close to 7 years old. For a computer that's worse than dog years. It would seem my choices are clear. (a) Live with the limitations of running LL 3.0 on a netbook. (b) Use Linux Lite 1.0.0, but stay off the internet. © Use a Puppy Linux, with the limitations that come with that. Thanks again for everyone's suggestions. I'll put it back on the shelf & think about it some more. I will say one thing for LL 1.0.0. Once you set it up ,& install from the few working repositories left what you want, it's still a great OS.
Midori has crashed on me many times under Linux Mint 17.2 while I have found the Vivaldi browser much better. This is my favorite right now. Running it right now on Linux Lite 3.0
==== Linux Mint 18 Beta, Linux Lite 3.0 ====
Lenovo Ideapad G50-45 AMD A6-6310 quad-core, 8GB RAM
Realtek rtl8723be wifi options in rtl8723be.conf :
debug=0 fwlps=N ips=N msi=N
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There are a number of alternative browsers. I also use Slimjet which avoids Chrome; but Midori was an answer to the specific question of a very light browser which speeds up an old slow low powered machine.
On my Dell netbook it is uses far less CPU and memory than FF.
I am surprised to hear that it crashes for some users as I haven't had that problem.
Still, horses for courses. The best thing is to try them all for yourself on the target machine.
