091106 Florian Philipp wrote: > Philip Webb schrieb: >> Can anyone who uses one of these machine advise me >> how far the usual services are relevant for a netbook ? >> -- hald (+dbus) vixie-cron slocate run on my desktop machine, >> but don't seem necessary for a netbook which I wb using only occasionally; >> I have installed sysklogd , which seems useful in case of problems. >> Also, what do people use to monitor the battery ? >> And what's best for the webcam ? > Better replace vixie-cron with fcron. fcron is more suitable for PCs > that don't run 24/7. Alternatively use anacron with vixie-cron.
I'll look into them. > I'd trash slocate completely. Especially when your toy has a cheap SSD. No, 'H' stands for 'hard drive', as in a 160 GB HDD. > If not, it all depends on whether you use locate regularly. > If not, trash it. If you use it, replace it with mlocate > which should be a bit faster on updating its DB. I'll look into these. > I wouldn't run any kind of syslog unless you are currently debugging > your system. It will only spin up the disk/wear out the SSD. It's not an SSD. I've been using the X log to get X working. > Have a look at app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools > and sys-power/powertop if you haven't already. No, I haven't, but will. > hald might be useful/necessary for plug'n'play. > It might also help with external displays. > dbus will most certainly be used by some desktop application/environment. Both are required for X , which I found out after sending in my msg. > Hope this helps Yes, it's very useful: thanks as usual. BTW I'm surprised how fast the little machine is compiling stuff: it's faster than my 2003 machine & approaches my 2007 Core 2 Duo. Also, there's a reference in a Gentoo Wiki article to hyperthreading, which advises to configure multiple processing into the kernel. Is this correct ? Is it safe ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
