apt-get/Synaptic

[Jesse Jarzynka]

Advent Systems wrote:

> Yes.  When you run updates you want as little going on "system wise" 
> as possible (synaptic, etc.),  so rather then run apt-get from a  
> terminal window while X and gnome are running (which are "big" system 
> wise) would it not make more sense to shut them down and have as 
> little running as possible when you do updates, or does it really not 
> matter what is running when preforming updates?
>
> Bob Randal
>
> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>
>> Advent Systems wrote:
>>
>>> Jesse,
>>>    Not having the synaptic gui running makes sense during updates 
>>> but do you also shut down X (go to run level 3) which seems to me 
>>> has way more stuff  "going on" then synaptic?
>>>
>> I don't think I understand your question. You mean physically log out 
>> and go to run level 3 just to run updates? -Jesse
>>
Nah, I think that's getting a little crazy. The only time I've ever done 
that was on a tired old machine with 128mb of ram, and a 600mhz cpu. I 
don't think gnome and especially a terminal window are terrible memory 
hogs. The guys might have more to say about this though. Anyone? -Jesse