what services can I remove from this list?

mich04 · 2015-02-08 21:12:11

 5.372s systemd-journald.service
          2.402s systemd-remount-fs.service
          2.131s systemd-journal-flush.service
           190ms systemd-sysctl.service
           190ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
           188ms dev-hugepages.mount
           187ms dev-mqueue.mount
           180ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
           179ms kmod-static-nodes.service
           179ms sys-kernel-config.mount
           175ms user@1000.service
            57ms tmp.mount
            55ms systemd-random-seed.service
            55ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
            47ms systemd-udevd.service
            45ms systemd-logind.service
            39ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
            36ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
            29ms systemd-update-utmp.service
            28ms alsa-restore.service
            16ms systemd-rfkill@rfkill0.service
             5ms systemd-user-sessions.service
             5ms systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service
             2ms systemd-rfkill@rfkill1.service

hi, I have been working on learning about the different services that start when my computer starts is there any "fat" in this list? My system currently uses about 46-50mb of ram. This is supposed to be a barebone desktop computer. just dwb internet and 1 game. I have already gone through my kernel and squeezed it down to just under 8mb. I disabled, I thought, all the debugging that I could but like in this list for example it still shows. Thanks

sys-kernel-debug.mount

Trilby · 2015-02-08 21:24:20

You'll need to clarify the question. You can remove all of them if you wanted. But they all do things. Do you want/need what they do? There is no way anyone else can answer that for you.

frank604 · 2015-02-08 22:13:22

I think you have digital anorexia my friend. You could look up each service file and read what they do and look up their function and decide for yourself. Keep a bootable usb in case you disable something more important than you thought and you no longer can boot. God speed to Jenny Craig.

mich04 · 2015-02-08 22:24:52

sorry, I think my brain is fried from trying to read about all the services. When I run

 systemctl disable

on these services they do not stop, or will not let me remove them like alsa-restore.service. When ever I do something that requires sound I always open up the mixer and adjust the sound so to me there is no reason to have it be restored to the last sessions volume level, but it will not let me stop it.

The same with sys-kernel-debug.mount does the everyday user need this? how do I get rid of this, or is it required for the system to operate?

dice · 2015-02-08 22:36:00

systemctl disable

just disables them on boot.

systemctl stop

would stop them.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-02-08 22:40:57

mich04 wrote:

how do I get rid of this, or is it required for the system to operate?

At the risk of incurring the wrath of @falconindy (again):

# systemctl mask <name of service>

mich04 · 2015-02-09 01:39:23

so after some reading I found some good information

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwar … ileSystems

I also read that some services like systemd-journald.service you can just optimize the .conf

Arch Linux

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what services can I remove from this list?

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