Optimization for old device performance

shingi345 · 2024-07-06 15:51

What settings can I modify in Q4OS (Trinity desktop) for the absolute lightest and smoothest experience? How do I make it as streamlined and no-frill as possible?

I'm just a hobbyist reviving an old laptop (Dell XPS M140). I've already updated to an SSD, 2 GB of RAM (maxxed for my device), and a bunch of other small hardware improvements. It runs pretty well but can still be a little stodgy at times. Thank you for your thoughts! The device is just for light office and sheet music writing.

seb3773 · 2024-07-06 16:01

What Desktop environment are you using ? If it's for an old computer, I presume it's Trinity DE ? If it's the case, you can try my 'performance script'; you can found this here: https://github.com/seb3773/q4osXpack . There are 'classic' optimizations done by the script, and some other a little more 'exotic', but nothing that will put the stability/reliability at risk. (I'm using this on some very old laptops to help them run as smoothly as possible)
Besides that, there are some threads that deals with this, for example: https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4430

supra2jz · 2024-07-07 09:23

Install an SSD in your laptop, get some cheap 120/128GB one and it will make the machine as fast as possible.

Last edited by supra2jz (2024-07-07 09:23)

shingi345 · 2024-07-08 01:12

I’ll give it a shot! I’m using Trinity. How do I install/use the script? I’m a complete noob.

seb3773 · 2024-07-08 08:42

shingi345 wrote:

I’ll give it a shot! I’m using Trinity. How do I install/use the script? I’m a complete noob.

Well, it's relatively easy. The scripts are hosted on github, so you will need to install 'git', you can do this from a terminal:

sudo apt install git

Then, you can can 'clone' the repository by doing:

git clone https://github.com/seb3773/q4osXpack

Once done, go the directory q4osXpack:

cd q4osXpack

You'll have to set the main menu script executable:

sudo chmod +x qxpack

And finally launch the main menu script:

./qxpack

shingi345 · 2024-07-08 14:08

seb3773 wrote:

shingi345 wrote:
I’ll give it a shot! I’m using Trinity. How do I install/use the script? I’m a complete noob.
Well, it's relatively easy. The scripts are hosted on github, so you will need to install 'git', you can do this from a terminal:
sudo apt install git
Then, you can can 'clone' the repository by doing:
git clone https://github.com/seb3773/q4osXpack
Once done, go the directory q4osXpack:
cd q4osXpack
You'll have to set the main menu script executable:
sudo chmod +x qxpack
And finally launch the main menu script:
./qxpack

Very easy! I did the performance optimization ones. Some were automatically highlighted and others weren’t. Any more I could or should do? Thank you for the help

seb3773 · 2024-07-08 15:33

shingi345 wrote:

Any more I could or should do? Thank you for the help

Not so much, you have to take into account that Q4OS is already very well optimized. Besides what my script can do, I can't think of anything else (at least anything that will not put stability at risk) to improve performance. You can try a custom kernel (not selected by default in the perf script); it can help a little bit.

Raintania · 2024-07-27 08:42

seb3773 wrote:

shingi345 wrote:
Any more I could or should do? Thank you for the help
Not so much, you have to take into account that Q4OS is already very well optimized. Besides what my script can do, I can't think of anything else (at least anything that will not put stability at risk) to improve performance. You can try a custom kernel (not selected by default in the perf script); it can help a little bit.

Hi, I really hate the fact this script uses zram instead of zswap. I forgot to uncheck it and now cannot revert back to my og grub defaults.

seb3773 · 2024-07-28 16:14

Raintania wrote:

Hi, I really hate the fact this script uses zram instead of zswap. I forgot to uncheck it and now cannot revert back to my og grub defaults.

Yeah, not everyone want zram, that's exactly why you can disable the option

But this part of the script doesn't do any modification to your grub config, if you want to remove zram you just have to do:

sudo apt remove zram-tools

you may have to re-enable dphys-swapfile if you want, and re-create a swap file if needed.

Raintania · 2024-07-29 20:54

seb3773 wrote:

Raintania wrote:
Hi, I really hate the fact this script uses zram instead of zswap. I forgot to uncheck it and now cannot revert back to my og grub defaults.
Yeah, not everyone want zram, that's exactly why you can disable the option
But this part of the script doesn't do any modification to your grub config, if you want to remove zram you just have to do:
sudo apt remove zram-tools
you may have to re-enable dphys-swapfile if you want, and re-create a swap file if needed.

You're a legend! Thanks mate.

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