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manyroads
Hello all (especially BobC),
I have dwm running on my Intel i5 (gen 10) machine.
Once I have completed testing, I’ll be a very happy camper. FWIW the exact configuration runs in about 50% the memory on antiX as it does under MX 19. MX runs about 25% leaner than an arch based distro with systemd.
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Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"olsztyn
FWIW the exact configuration runs in about 50% the memory on antiX
Hi manyroads…
Just a quick question: From your screen it takes 895M memory not running anything? Pardon me if I am misinterpretting…
Thanks and Regards../.Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parametersex_Koo
On road trip at the moment 1800 km from home. Will have look this what version of anti is it build on net ,base ?
My I i3 runs 287mb with only conky running.Thank for work.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by ex_Koo.
manyroads
@olystyn… It was running DropBox backing up some 100,000 files. Pretty typical of a new install for me. On MX, dwm idles at about 1.5GB on my machine whereas it idles at 2.1GB on manjaro. dwm, iceWM, fluxbox, bspwm, hlwm, and xfce all run at about the same numbers on the respective distros I use (MX, arch, manjaro, antiX).
I see remarkably consistent performance given my config and background tasks.
Right now it looks like antiX will be the lightest environment I use, as I noted in my post. Could I make it lighter? Yes. But I ‘do’ like my eye candy. I can easily reduce some memory by using much smaller wallpapers but I like the pretty photos. 😉 Some currently take as much as 5MB. I could lose the compositors, sxhkd, lightdm and run thinner as well.
If you noticed, I do have 24GB of RAM… so memory although fun to play with, is not an issue. FWIW All my current machines run with 24GB.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"
andyprough
I’ve got antiX base x64 running with DWM with only 159mb of ram at startup. However, as soon as I open the antix forum and the mx forum in tabs in firefox-esr, it immediately shoots up to 500-600mb, so I see nothing at all out of the ordinary with 895mb. antiX is very light, but a lot of modern programs are not light at all.
andyprough
Hello all (especially BobC),
I have dwm running on my Intel i5 (gen 10) machine.
Once I have completed testing, I’ll be a very happy camper. FWIW the exact configuration runs in about 50% the memory on antiX as it does under MX 19. MX runs about 25% leaner than an arch based distro with systemd.
@manyroads – I love that wallpaper in your screenshot, that’s just the kind I collect – is that one you could share by chance?
Anonymous
firefox-esr, it immediately shoots up to 500-600mb
Toward reducing the amount of memory consumed by firefox (YMMV)
If your version of firefox still allows access to “about:config”
you can edit prefkey named dom.ipc.processCount and specify a lesser number.
Alternatively, your ff version may expose this pref via a “Preferences }} Performance Settings” page, as illustrated here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-or-cpu-resourcesModdIt
Hi skidoo, you wrote If your version of firefox still allows access to “about:config”.
That has been removed from fox for android, I am posting with vers 83, the config is still accessible
without any tricks. Can also still delete the hidden plugins plus pingsender, crashreporter etc.
Mozilla has been very quiet of late after a lot of threats, maybe soon we will have
to mess with userchrome css or abandon the fox.BobC
Yes, I agree, the wallpaper is gorgeous, and your dmenu looks nice too.
Congrats! It’s not Spartan looking at all!
Ok, now the question: As nice as it looks, it this THE ONE you are going to run day to day, or just an adventure?
I’m trying to learn to build the systems of my dreams, and enjoy living with them. Maybe I’m finally getting wiser.
anticapitalista
@manyroads – Is that the 10th Generation box that antiX had previously failed to boot on?
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
manyroads
Yes it is… I figured out a way to get it to boot. What I did was first install antiX19-base (19 64-bit) on an old Acer Aspire. Replaced the kernel with 5.8 antiX kernel. Perform an update upgrade. Take a snapshot. Boot the modified antiX19 with 5.8 on my PC.
Here are the machine specs:
$ inxi -Fxxxz System: Host: antix19 Kernel: 5.8.7-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: dwm 6.2 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-base Manolis Glezos 14 October 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5493 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> Mobo: Dell model: 0M4FW1 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.8.0 date: 03/24/2020 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.0 Wh condition: 37.0/42.0 Wh (88%) volts: 12.7/11.4 model: BYD DELL 1VX1H9A type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 6144 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19046 Speed: 839 MHz min/max: 400/1000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 907 2: 994 3: 913 4: 920 5: 936 6: 860 7: 922 8: 844 Graphics: Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:8a56 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: xcompmgr resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Ice Lake 4x8 GT1) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:34c8 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.7-antix.1-amd64-smp Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell RTL810xE driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0042 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-10:6 chip ID: 0cf3:e009 Drives: Local Storage: total: 983.96 GiB used: 561.00 GiB (57.0%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 953.87 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: ECFM22.5 scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Generic model: SD MMC MS PRO size: 30.09 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR Partition: ID-1: / size: 935.65 GiB used: 556.18 GiB (59.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 Info: Processes: 242 Uptime: 12h 08m Memory: 23.26 GiB used: 2.62 GiB (11.3%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 running in: sakura inxi: 3.0.36Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"anticapitalista
@manyroads – thanks for that. So all it needed was a new kernel? No ahs-type mesa or firmware upgrades?
BTW – we have a later 5.8.16 kernel in the repos.
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
manyroads
@anticapitalista, so far this is all it needs. I have not had anything go bump beyond Thunar (which I replaced with nemo). So far as I know this an application issue, and not very serious at that. 😉 btw. I’ll try the newer kernel in a bit after I take a snapshot.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"manyroads
Hi all,
@andyprough… wallpapers may be found here (they are all unencumbered, free for any use): https://unsplash.com/@manyroads/collections 🙂
@olsztyn… I use a number of inefficient apps including: firefox (not esr); calibre; DropBox; VirtualBox. FWIW: I do not setup my machines for the ultimate in efficiency but rather for my satisfaction and pleasure with an eye towards being as efficient as I can be given what I want to use, see & do. 🙂
@anticapitalista… I am running with 5.8.16. So far without any issues. 😉
@BobC… I almost exclusively use dwm. Right now I am exclusively using dwm on antiX with a backup unit using dwm on MX. 🙂By way of further updates, I am writing a tutorial on how I built my dwm setup. You will note I do many things, my way. You need not do things as I do and your way may be better (certainly for you).
Another note, I certainly am happy with the way antix19 & dwm work. As a note, the ONLY desktop functional and in use on my machine is dwm. I have removed all antiX window managers and slim, in favor of dwm & lightdm.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by manyroads.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by manyroads.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"
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