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Archive for the 'Optimizing Performance' Category

10 Expert GNOME/Linux Tricks

I came across a pretty interesting article the other day advertising Ten Expert Ubuntu Tricks. Turns out they’re really great tips for Linux and GNOME specifically. None of them are really Ubuntu specific. My favorite tip of the bunch:
7. Launch OpenOffice.org Faster
If you use OpenOffice.org a lot, you might be frustrated at how long it [...]

How to Kill a Running Process in Ubuntu (or any Linux distro)

This guest post was written by Blair Mathis from LaptopLogic.com. Go there to check out newest laptop models and read latest news about Dell laptops.
So, you’ve been running Ubuntu for awhile and you’re happy with it. Everything is running smoothly. You think to yourself, this is going better than I expected. And [...]

Boot Debian on Your Eee PC in 14 Seconds

ProductiveLinux regular Farid has written in with a link to a cool article on optimizing the Debian boot process for the Eee PC.
So far I have not come very close to…5 seconds, but I have made some significant improvements compared to the default boot time for Debian on that machine; this article describes what I’ve [...]