Linux Speed tweaks can make an already great operating system faster if you follow these steps
1.On mount options of your devices listed in /etc/fstab at the mount option noatime to all your linux partitions except for swap.This disables indexing of your files before they are used,This option is almost obsolete and is a small speed increase if disabled.
2.Use a windows manager that doesnt use as much resources,something other then gnome and kde.This information was recieved from ouroboros1827,thank you
3.This was also from ouroboros1827,Reconfigure your kernel to only have support for the things you use,Such as you have an Via chipset,and SiS support is enabled,disable it it will do nothing for you enabled.
4.Simple tweak which helps any operation system,disable start up processes,kill unneeded process' .
5.Virtual desktops are very useful,but every virtual desktop takes up resources,if you only use one virtual desktop at the most disable the rest but always leave one extra just in case.
Thats all I have for now,If I had made any spelling or grammar errors,I apologize.If you would like to add anything please go right ahead ,this is a potential learning experience for new and old linux users.Note I am a moderate linux user.
Also user with ubuntu and kubuntu,I am not sure if you can use a different windows manager,But if anyone finds out if you can add details how.I know I forgot to add steps to do certian things due to my ba dmemory,So add any steps that would be useful to.Thank you ,bye bye
New thing added,
Get less memroy consuming window managers,such as fluxbox,ice,and xfce.My personal favorite is xfce,
Steps for getting xfce in Ubuntu/KUbuntu
open a terminal
type su
enter root pass
after that type
nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
add these lines to the bottom,also the Wine hq line,if to get wine which is usefule,instead of adding,make sure your whole source.list file looks like the following:
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted
deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
# Wine Official Package Mirror
deb
http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
deb-src
http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/
deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
# Backports
deb
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb
http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
This should add the ability to get multiple packages with the apt-get command
save the file and then in the terminal type
apt-get install xfce
then
apt-get install xfce4
then for wine
apt-get install wine
there you go.
Also systems will normally run faster if your on the root account
If you have ubuntu and it wont allow you to login as root on the login screen or
any other distro like that click login options and do console login
this will bring you to a terminal looking screen saying
Distro_Name login:
type root and then press enter
then comes up the password
type in your password and type enter,
then type startx
this will start you as root on the last saved window manager,so if you used Kde last it will be root under Kde,anyway Gnome and Kde LAG!!
USE XFCE,FLUX or ICE.
Another speed tweak is the hdparm command,this can set your harddrive to faster speeds on some models
hdparm man look into it.