12' Desk

[psgonza]

Here I leave you the desktop I use now…

Arch Linux (3.2.2), Openbox (3.5), tint2 (0.11) and conky (1.8.2 GIT).... Simpler than the mechanism of a pacifier but light and very comfortable when you have the keys "bindeadas"

Greetings

[Bm4n]

Do you really have those retro aspects in linux?! with how beautiful the latest versions of Gnome, KDE and company are… unbelievable! :ugly:

[cobito]

@Bm4n:

Do you really have those retro aspects in linux?! with how beautiful the latest versions of Gnome, KDE and company are… unbelievable! :ugly:

There are those who like to be practical and have a fast interface without frills that serve no purpose. For my part, I am one of those who like the frills and gadgets that serve no purpose of KDE :ugly:

[Bm4n]

Well, I stopped using KDE a while ago, but what about Gnome 3, don't you like it? I think it's great and very minimalist. The look of Mint is also cool. Arch with Gnome 2 is very light and fast but has a good piece of hardware to move anything, although these old school Linux ones tend to be retro

Although well, I can't talk very loudly because although on the desktop I normally use Fedora, I'm almost always on the laptop with OSX...

[psgonza]

I don't need anything more than what that desktop gives me... it's 100% practicality

I have the system info always visible, the tray and the taskbar, and the key bindings that allow me to launch the applications I use frequently without using the mouse, including a pseudo-tiling (openbox is not a tiling wm) that allows you to resize and place the windows on the monitor. I don't want effects, shadows, or other things

I've been with linux for a long time. I've been through fedora (the first versions after the "fork"), debian, opensuse and arch, and although I used KDE for years, I've tried gnome, xfce, lxde, fluxbox, openbox and awesome. All with their pros and cons, and in the end the minimalist thing is what I like the most (and my old PC appreciates it)

Writing this from the tablet almost ran out of my patience xD

[Obione]

Here we are, minimalism power. Hang on a Gonza screenshot.

After finishing the OC topic, some game and moving some icon above the "Start" menu, I have exceeded myself in austerity :ugly:

No shadows or naah. If it frees up memory, the Seven doesn't eat more than half a gig with TriXX, AVG and Logitech Profiler :troll:

[Bm4n]

It seems that there are also retro windows, by the way how is the dead space 2? I loved it.

[Obione]

What about 1? I uninstalled it even though I watched the cartoon movie so it's not a sin to start with 2, right? xD

A colleague told me he enjoyed 1 more but I noticed a strange handling and I didn't get into it. I have 2 in the back room, I'm too addicted to Skyrim. I feel the feeling of Final Fantasy VII :ugly:

I read that the behavior of 1 improves with PAD, I don't know if I should reinstall it and plug in the PS3 controller driver. I have the recent Uncharted but I don't know, I prefer mouse :ffu:

[Bm4n]

It's the grace that you move somewhat clumsily as if you were wearing a safety suit... It's a survival they're going to make it difficult for you, the two has a more fluid handling because there are faster enemies and you need it but it still isn't like a shooter, that's what it's about. And yes, it's a sin not to start with the 1

[victorpexacos]

@Obione:

Here we are, power minimalism. Hang on, Gonza, take a screenshot.

After finishing the OC topic, some games, and moving an icon above the "Start" menu, I've surpassed myself in austerity :ugly:

No shadows or anything. If it frees up memory, Seven doesn't eat more than half a gig with TriXX, AVG, and Logitech Profiler :troll:

What version of Windows 7 do you use?
32 or 64 bits?

And explain a little bit how you've configured it to have reduced consumption, if it's not a bother ;D

Best regards!!

PD: as for Linux desktops, I don't know about you but for me KDE 4.7.4 (Linux Mint 12 KDE) consumes more than 800 Mb at startup and when using a couple of programs (browser and little more) it consumes almost 4GB of RAM. I prefer LXDE (Lubuntu) to all these new desktops.

[Obione]

I have disabled in BIOS: LAN, Firewire, USB 3 and integrated audio (I have a dedicated one). Then, like in other Windows, you go to Computer - Properties - Advanced settings and adjust to get the best performance. I don't know if putting the classic style has affected it.

The thing is that at startup it consumes more, even 1GB but if you open a program that consumes a lot of RAM and you don't have anything running in the background (antivirus for example), Windows starts to free up memory and when you close it you find half a gig.

[Bm4n]

@victorpexacos:

PD: en cuanto escritorios Linux, no se a vosotros pero a mi KDE 4.7.4(Linux Mint 12 KDE) me consumo en el arranque mas de 800 Mb y al utilizar un par de programas(navegador y poco mas) me consume casi los 4GB de RAM. Prefiero LXDE(Lubuntu) a todos estos nuevos escritorios.

Fedora 16 con Gnome 3 al arranque consume 500MB y con varias aplicaciones 1GB, y no creo que sea cosa de KDE por lo menos antes no consumia tanta RAM mas que Gnome si pero 4GB?, no.

La clave para librar RAM en windows, aparte de los programas al arranque, es eliminar servicios, miras lo que usas y el resto de servicios los desactivas. Aun así W7 64bit es dificil de usar con 2GB o menos de RAM.

[victorpexacos]

@Bm4n:

Fedora 16 with Gnome 3 at startup consumes 500MB and with several applications 1GB, and I don't think it's a matter of KDE at least before it didn't consume so much RAM more than Gnome if but 4GB?, no.

The key to free up RAM in windows, apart from the programs at startup, is to eliminate services, you look at what you use and you disable the rest of the services. Even so, W7 64bit is difficult to use with 2GB or less of RAM.

Sorry you're right, but what I don't understand is this:

In the top application, it shows that it is using 3800mb and in the system monitor 1.1gb; I don't know what it will refer to with that it has used so many megs in the top…

Greetings!!

[cobito]

In top, all the memory used by the system is shown, including the cache. Normally, all the memory is occupied because every time you do any operation (view an image, run a program, copy a file...) all that is stored in RAM in case you do it repeatedly to be faster. For example, if you open Chromium for the first time, it takes a while. If you close it and open it again, it takes much less time. When you close it, the program has stopped consuming RAM although it was still in memory. When the memory that is occupied by a closed program is needed, it is released and used. If you had opened and then closed many programs, or had copied large files, etc., when you ran Chromium again, it would have taken the same time as if you had not run it at all in that session.

Therefore, in TOP, all the occupied memory is shown (including that of programs that are no longer running, files copied, etc.) and the KDE system monitor shows the memory occupied by running programs, that is, memory that cannot be used in any way.

I have explained it well, I do not know if it is understood.

[victorpexacos]

@cobito:

In the top, all the memory used for the system appears, including the cache. Normally all the memory is occupied since every time you do any operation (view an image, run a program, copy a file…) all that is recorded in RAM in case you do it repeatedly to be faster. For example, if you open Chromium for the first time, it takes a while. If you close it and open it again, it takes much less time. When you close it, the program has stopped consuming RAM although it was still in memory. When the memory that is occupying a closed program is needed, it is released and used. If you had opened and then closed many programs, or had copied large files, etc., when you ran Chromium again, it would have taken the same time as if you had not run it at all in that session.

Therefore, in TOP all the occupied memory appears (including that of programs that are no longer running, files copied, etc.) and the KDE system monitor shows the memory occupied by running programs, that is, memory that cannot be used in any way.

I have explained myself well, I don't know if it is understood.

You have explained yourself perfectly ;D and it is understood. Now those values make sense to me.

Around 530MB.

Attached photo:

PD: I like the new modifications that are being carried out in Hardlimit (Thank you button, mythical icons :ugly: :troll:, an increasingly complete and interesting community)

Best regards and thanks for the explanation.

[Bm4n]

I see that we have gone past the year, but the truth is that these branches no longer have enough influx to be annual, they will have to be quinquennial XD

Well, I'm uploading another of my Air, since I cleaned up the google account and cleaned up my screenshots, now I'm putting them on CloudApp a really fantastic service for Mac.

[Tecnho]

I think this should be a 12 desk already ehh XD.

[Yorus]

Yes, but a couple of pages per year is a bit sad, as Bm4n rightly says. Perhaps we could see how many threads we have like this and number this one, for example 'Deskmod - Edition #12' or something like that, although let's see who digs up the archives.

[Fassou]

Your own post

[Tecnho]

Fassou if that's your desktop, what an encrypted background you have, haha see if you can find it in the browser.