Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Sorry freq (unless you are an automated message); here's the full link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KS5Iy0OJ6UHWeoAN2WSBelHn6ZWjoUKT/view @Ralf Mardorf: Of course the DE doesn't. When I boot up to my desktop, my RAM usage is just under 1GB for Cinnamon + LightDM. Which is very fair for a

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Be careful when clicking shortened links like "goo.gl", they can be phishing tactic linkage. On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:47:33 -0200 "Marcelo \"Marc\" Ranolfi via arch-general" wrote: > Hi, > > Replacing GDM for LightDM was a smart move. > (You can make it look like

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:47:33 -0200, Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi wrote: >On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 8:39 PM, Giovanni Santini wrote: >> Hello again, >> Thanks to your suggestions, I decided to >> 1. Replace GDM with LightDM >> 2. Install LXDE as lightweight DE >> The installation was easy and I am really

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Hi, Replacing GDM for LightDM was a smart move. (You can make it look like GDM; here's a hand: https://goo.gl/WpMrYg) If you like GNOME and would still like to use it, I recommend changing vm.swappiness to a higher value (default is 60). In my case I found that changing it to 80 solved most of

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Hello again, Thanks to your suggestions, I decided to 1. Replace GDM with LightDM 2. Install LXDE as lightweight DE The installation was easy and I am really glad of the RAM performance obtained (I suppose GDM was the real resource hog). These is only one small desire that is still unexpressed

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Il 08/02/2018 00:36, strupo ha scritto: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 21:28:26 +0100 > Giovanni Santini via arch-general wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion regarding the Plasma DE, I never heard of it >> before. > > You may know it better by the name KDE. > Oh. Thanks to

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 21:28:26 +0100 Giovanni Santini via arch-general wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion regarding the Plasma DE, I never heard of it > before. You may know it better by the name KDE.

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Good evening, Thank you so much for your input; it is really appreciated. For you information, I am using a (kinda old) Acer E1-570G, which has 4GB of RAM and a i5 3337 CPU. Thanks for the suggestion regarding the Plasma DE, I never heard of it before; I will try to give it a shot, considering

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

On 02/06/2018 11:08 PM, Giovanni Santini via arch-general wrote: > Good evening, > I am writing here since I do believe people here might have found > solutions already to my problems. > > Sadly, I am the problem, as I love GNOME Shell (ops). > Jokes aside, I love its interface and behaviour;

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

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Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

On 6/2/18 2:08 pm, Giovanni Santini via arch-general wrote So I have two questions: 1. Am I nuts? Did I do something really bad to my GNOME Shell without knowing that? How could I repair my setup? 2. If this is it (GNOME Shell is TOO heavy), is there any lightweight DE that offers something

Re: [arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Hi Giovanni, I also use gnome shell and love it, I don't have any lags or memory problems. Tbh in the last 2-4 years it's the most productive thing i have. Most of time I am running chromium (100tabs + YouTube), pycharm, gedit, lot of shells, MySQL Workbench and have several services running

[arch-general] Tips for a stable GNOME Shell?

Good evening, I am writing here since I do believe people here might have found solutions already to my problems. Sadly, I am the problem, as I love GNOME Shell (ops). Jokes aside, I love its interface and behaviour; although, it is really hard to use it on a real-context basis for me. What it