grindstone
Third 32-bit box of the b2 trials. Took 3 days to get it to detect a PloP CD but it was worth it. Beating on it all day, all the inits, many desktops. They all idle somewhere around 13-17% of installed ram (512-1GB range). This one, however, is consistently leaner. More ideas to test tomorrow to try to figure it out.
antiX 25 Beta 2 runit
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
68.0 KiB + 28.5 KiB = 96.5 KiB sleep
80.0 KiB + 24.5 KiB = 104.5 KiB runit
80.0 KiB + 40.5 KiB = 120.5 KiB seatd
100.0 KiB + 27.5 KiB = 127.5 KiB runsvdir
152.0 KiB + 51.0 KiB = 203.0 KiB svlogd (2)
208.0 KiB + 30.5 KiB = 238.5 KiB sh
184.0 KiB + 70.5 KiB = 254.5 KiB icewm-session
228.0 KiB + 77.5 KiB = 305.5 KiB dbus-launch
196.0 KiB + 115.5 KiB = 311.5 KiB udevil
200.0 KiB + 162.5 KiB = 362.5 KiB startup
640.0 KiB + 69.5 KiB = 709.5 KiB wpa_supplicant
456.0 KiB + 259.5 KiB = 715.5 KiB devmon
728.0 KiB + 45.5 KiB = 773.5 KiB udevd
568.0 KiB + 266.5 KiB = 834.5 KiB desktop-session
756.0 KiB + 156.5 KiB = 912.5 KiB pipewire-pulse
812.0 KiB + 300.5 KiB = 1.1 MiB getty (7)
504.0 KiB + 675.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB dhcpcd (4)
760.0 KiB + 433.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB dbus-daemon (3)
924.0 KiB + 360.0 KiB = 1.3 MiB runsv (14)
1.2 MiB + 136.5 KiB = 1.3 MiB connmand
1.5 MiB + 257.5 KiB = 1.8 MiB at-spi-bus-launcher
1.7 MiB + 132.5 KiB = 1.8 MiB pipewire
1.7 MiB + 194.5 KiB = 1.9 MiB slimski
1.7 MiB + 222.5 KiB = 1.9 MiB conky
1.7 MiB + 273.5 KiB = 2.0 MiB bash
1.9 MiB + 763.5 KiB = 2.6 MiB volumeicon
2.4 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 3.5 MiB sudo (2)
3.6 MiB + 218.5 KiB = 3.8 MiB wireplumber
3.8 MiB + 397.5 KiB = 4.2 MiB icewm
4.1 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 5.4 MiB roxterm
4.4 MiB + 4.8 MiB = 9.2 MiB zzzfm
16.4 MiB + 4.4 MiB = 20.8 MiB Xorg
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71.0 MiB
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System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 5.10.240-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32
compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0
Desktop: IceWM v: 3.9.0 Distro: antiX-25-b2_386-full Stephen Kapos 17
December 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Dimension 8250 v: N/A serial: JJJY521
Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: .. . BIOS: Dell v: A01 date: 10/22/2002
CPU:
Info: single core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 arch: Netburst Northwood
rev: 4 cache: 512 KiB note: check
Speed (MHz): 2387 min/max: N/A core: 1: 2387 bogomips: 4773
Flags-basic: ht pae sse sse2
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] driver: nouveau v: kernel
arch: Kelvin bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: N/A
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nouveau dri: swrast gpu: nouveau
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland,device-0
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 128 bits)
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs EMU10k1X / CA0103 [SB Live! OEM SB 5.1 Ectiva 5.1]
driver: snd_emu10k1x v: kernel bus-ID: 02:09.0
API: ALSA v: k5.10.240-antix.1-486-smp status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: n/a (root, process)
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 vendor: Dell driver: e100
v: kernel port: ec00 bus-ID: 02:0c.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:07:e9:c3:fb:e1
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 66.18 GiB used: 27.1 MiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD400EB-75CPF0
size: 37.27 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: USB DISK 3.0 size: 28.91 GiB type: USB
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon
or lm-sensors.
Info:
Memory: total: 512 MiB available: 486.6 MiB used: 130.7 MiB (26.9%)
igpu: 128 KiB
Processes: 117 Uptime: 1m Init: runit runlevel: 2