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How can one reduce the amount of memory GNOME uses?

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Hello,

while some might find it normal that something like a system clock on a desktop uses 10MB-20MB of memory I find it totally unacceptable. My C64 could have displayed a nicer clock with only 64KB of RAM and with a resolution of 320x200 pixels :-(

Where should one start to reduce memory usage of the GNOME desktop and its application?

Sven

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There is work in progress

Submitted by sdack on Sat, 2007-03-10 12:24.

As I was now searching for more information about this I have come across a section at the GNOME project's web site, which already deals with this problem. So it is recognized and there is work in progress (and one can even help).

Sven

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here's a solution

Submitted by anticapitalista on Sat, 2007-03-10 16:13.

sven
here's a solution.

apt-get remove --purge gnome
apt-get install fluxbox

Sorry, couldn't resist the temptation.

anticapitalista

"Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it."

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