Gnome resource usage

[terminalsingh]

How do I reduce the Resource usage of Gnome DE in Manjaro 20.2.1 and make my system faster?

[Signalrunner]

@Chrysostomus

That’s not much ram to work with, but it can be done. The minimal iso would be a better starting point, but if you trim out the nonessentials, it might be okay. You are going to need at least 4G swap, just in case. I would install

• disable-tracker (run it after installing)
• lighter gnome (affects only user accounts created after its installation)

And remove

• evolution-data-server (removes email and calendar with it)
• mntray
• caffeine

And disable as many extensions as you can. I would leave only material-shell

Manjaro gnome edition 20.2 final release candidate

I don’t know, it’s mostly uncharted territory. The on screen keyboard is more limited than in Android, but most stuff should work okay, depending on the hardware. With touch screen, I recommend trying the material shell extension, it should be eminently suitable for tablets. That’s not much ram to work with, but it can be done. The minimal iso would be a better starting point, but if you trim out the nonessentials, it might be okay. You are going to need at least 4G swap, just in case. I woul…