[PlanetCCRMA] too many processes?

[Ryan]

David,

I might add that linux uses memory differently than other operating
systems.  It's not unusual at all for me to find 50% of my 640 meg "used
up" when my laptop is "sitting still".  In linux the phrase "unused
memory is wasted memory" is quite accurate.  The important part is how
much swap is being used IMHO (writes to swap take a lot of time and hog
interrupts).  Don't worry about memory usage unless it's a single app
that's hogging everything (you can find if that's the case by running
top) for the most part linux uses memory very efficiently.

-ry

> > because I do seem to have quite a lot of processes
> > running when I look in the system monitor. Infact
> > currently my 256mb of ram seem to be 83 percent used
> > up!!!
> > 
> > So my questions:
> > 
> > Can someone give me an idea of how to stop this
> > process auto running each time i boot?
> 
> This is probably not hapenning when you boot but when you login into the
> graphical environment. To fix this login normally, close all the
> applications you do not want to "autostart" and when you logout click on
> "Save Setup" in the logout panel, and _then_ logout. This will save the
> current state of the desktop. The next login should be fine (no extra
> apps running). 
> 
> > Is it ususal to have over 20 processes running even
> > after just booting the machine and viewing the desktop
> > and having run no other software?
> 
> Yes, that is normal. You can minimize the number of stuff that is
> running permanently by looking at what services you have enabled in your
> computer (for example, if your computer is not a web server httpd should
> not start at boot time). A list of the services and their state can be
> obtained in a terminal by doing:
>   /usr/sbin/chkconfig --list
> 
> You can deactivate services by:
>   /usr/sbin/chkconfig --del
> Make you check what the service is doing before turning it off :-)
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> 
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