DEBIX Ubuntu22.04 From Desktop to Server

DEBIX_SBC

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The steps are as follows:

1.Get root privileges

2.Disable the related services
systemctl stop proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount

systemctl disable proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount

3.Uninstall gnome and restart
apt-get purge gnome-shell

apt-get purge gnome-themes*

apt-get remove gnome-panel

dpkg -l | grep gnome

apt-get purge gnome-*

dpkg -l | grep gnome

apt-get purge gnome

apt-get autoclean

apt-get autoremove

reboot

Here is the comparison in terms of memory, hard disk space usage, boot log and speed.

  • Memory comparison
Server saves 0.3GB in memory usage.

Desktop:

free -h

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 1.9Gi 769Mi 761Mi 12Mi 416Mi 1.1Gi

Swap: 127Mi 0B 127Mi


Server:

free -h

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 1.9Gi 416Mi 1.3Gi 1.0Mi 182Mi 1.4Gi

Swap: 127Mi 0B 127Mi

  • Hard disk space comparison
Server saves about 0.4GB in hard disk usage.

Desktop:

df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/root 29G 2.7G 25G 10% /

tmpfs 974M 0 974M 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs 390M 1.9M 388M 1% /run

tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock

/dev/mmcblk1p1 500M 32M 469M 7% /boot

tmpfs 195M 92K 195M 1% /run/user/1000

Server:

df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/root 29G 2.3G 26G 9% /

tmpfs 974M 0 974M 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs 390M 1.6M 388M 1% /run

tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock

/dev/mmcblk1p1 500M 32M 469M 7% /boot

tmpfs 195M 8.0K 195M 1% /run/user/1000



  • DEBIX boot log is normal.
  • DEBIX boot speed is significantly improved.
  • Server only displays command line after boot.
 


Hello @DEBIX_SBC
Welcome to the Linux.org forum, enjoy! Thanks for the tips.
 


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