Desktop Reduction

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Desktop Reduction

Post#1 by Bogomips » 11 Sep 2014, 20:01

Running Porteus going on three months. Have had no need for second desktop. Any way of reducing to one desktop, if this will save on memory?
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Re: Desktop Reduction

Post#2 by donald » 12 Sep 2014, 01:44

Hi
Are you talking about the "virtual desktops"?
If yes, click
"start" > kde system settings > Workspace Behavior > Virtual Desktops
to change it.

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Re: Desktop Reduction

Post#3 by Bogomips » 12 Sep 2014, 11:50

Thanks. I've done that. Now waiting for memory to go up. Or is it the next time KDE is started?
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Re: Desktop Reduction

Post#4 by fanthom » 12 Sep 2014, 20:39

RAM is there to be used. linux caches everything and releases objects only when needed: RAM gets full. i wouldn't worry about the RAM (removing 1GB of data - unpacked kernel sources - from tmpfs takes about a second) - better check if swap actively used. if not then you have nothing to worry about.
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