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Productivity and speed in UNIX/Linux.
Besides listed in part "common" of this document (it should be met first),
in UNIX/Linux OS you can stop all not using services.
The productivity and performance speed can be higher when unnecessary
services have stoped. The classic command to disable service is chkconfig.
Linux has command ntsysv, which has text window interface:
The minimal set of services is:
crond - schedule (chronometer) table
network
syslog - system book-log
If you change hardware very often leave alive -
kudzu - auto plug-in for hardware
If you use GUI (graphic mode) you will need -
xfs - X-file system
The next services will be helpful if you use printer (on this computer :) -
cups
cups-config-daemon
cups-lpd
To get help about any other service - push F1