http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/45/
[109 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #45


]]> en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:29:13 +0000 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:54:19 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/45/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:32:29 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:26:22 +0000
Since I have a felt sluggish 256MB machines in Ubuntu, having this decreased *by default* would be a good thing.
+1]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:31:25 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:33:27 +0000 Everyone who needs 6 ttys would be able to reactivate them, but few who don't need them are able to deactivate some.

My suggestion: Leave 2 activated. That'll be enough for all worst cases.

By the way: I'm having a pretty old PC myself and one of the (many) reasons to use free software is, that they even work on older hardware. Also a kind of green IT, since most of the ressources are used in the production of a PC.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:11:22 +0000 For everyone else it's just a waste of memory...]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:04:45 +0000 ]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:34:52 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:07:44 +0000
I don't have a strong opinion, which is why I'd rather the Ubuntu developers work on other things.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:42:48 +0000
For instance, replacing metacity with xfwm4 can save 30+ MB and greatly increase the speed of a low end system. If you want to tune anything, tune the default window manager.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:49:38 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:53:12 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:19:22 +0000
Adding a low-memory window manager as an option may save more memory, in which case I think we should do that too.

(Perhaps there is a way not to spawn a getty process until someone actually hit [ctr][alt][f1] or whatever.)]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:38:44 +0000
So we're talking about saving 350kB of memory AT MOST. On a 256MB machine (which is small by current standards), that is 0.2%. Even top itself uses three times that amount of memory.]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:45:29 +0000 But the main reason of this topic it´s about the innecesarity of this extra virtual consoles. I just don´t see the necessity of having 6 virtual consoles in one machine, plus 4 virtual graphical consoles in X. It´s totally an exageration in my opinion.]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:54:19 +0000 I am all for taking bloat out, but the ttys just aren't it. Start with drivers for things that aren't there, always running programs, that only a minority uses (evolution) wasteful default settings in various programs...]]> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:44:19 +0000 Well only thin that comes to my mind is:
-use it to run lynx
-use it as simple, yet effective screen saver / locking screen
So +1 from me.]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 21:02:47 +0000
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil". Work on solutions that have been measured to cause problems, not any and everything.]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 18:50:15 +0000
]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:09:55 +0000 But how much resources do they take?
How much would we benefit to reduce?
Would the benefit be greater than the loss?

+/- 0]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:21:44 +0000 People needing it will be able to find how to enable them.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:54:19 +0000