[newbie] Ram optimization also

[drak]

I red and did the HD optimization... now i was wondering if there is any 
memory ops I could also do? 
Does xwindows really take that much that much ram? 

running a abit bx6 r2
P3 500
128 mbs ram
rage lt pro 
3com 5909b nic to a dsl router (cisco 675)

also I use iceWM and cannot figure out how to get it to shut down
properly
any help would be greatly appeciated... 

TIA 
Drak