Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access
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How would I go about optimizing the GUI in a Fedora 31 VM when I am not compositing through a GPU? Are there standard practices to reduce animations etc within gnome/cinnamon? Currently Windows 10 RDP works incredibly well but trying to load Gnome or Fedora has been much slower.
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The MOST common practice is to not use a GPU-based desktop. LXQt, XFCE, MATE, etc. are entire environments designed for that purpose.
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@scottalanmiller said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
The MOST common practice is to not use a GPU-based desktop. LXQt, XFCE, MATE, etc. are entire environments designed for that purpose.
There are no real changes I can make to just reduce the load though and still use fedora?
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If you really want an optimize GUI, use windows managers exclusively.
https://fedoramagazine.org/5-cool-tiling-window-managers/
https://fedoramagazine.org/getting-started-i3-window-manager/
https://fedoramagazine.org/setting-up-the-sway-window-manager-on-fedora/
https://fedoramagazine.org/lets-try-dwm-dynamic-window-manger/A full list of Window Managers
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Window_manager -
The KDE and Gnome 3 based desktops are built with the assumption that you will have a lot of horsepower in the GPU. It gives them a big advantage on standard hardware.
If you need alternative hardware or a VM, trying to "tune" a GPU focused desktop doesn't make as much sense as choosing a desktop designed from the ground up for that particular need.
Even a Raspberry Pi has a good GPU and handles Gnome 3 well.
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@wirestyle22 said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
@scottalanmiller said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
The MOST common practice is to not use a GPU-based desktop. LXQt, XFCE, MATE, etc. are entire environments designed for that purpose.
There are no real changes I can make to just reduce the load though and still use fedora?
No one mentioned an alternative to Fedora. Everything we are talking about is ways of setting up Fedora.
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Example...
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On a VM, XFCE is a really good choice. It's just so much lighter. But still attractive and works well.
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If you have Gnome 3, install gnome-tweak-tool.
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Not a lot of tweaking to be done. Removing animations definitely helps. But other than that, the desktop is what it is.
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@wirestyle22 said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
Currently Windows 10 RDP works incredibly well but trying to loan Gnome or Fedora has been much slower.
What is the point here. What are you "trying to learn" in a GUI?
You do not "learn" desktop environments. You simply use them. If your desktop environment requires a lot of education to use, it is shit and you need to choose another one.
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@JaredBusch said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
You do not "learn" desktop environments. You simply use them. If your desktop environment requires a lot of education to use, it is shit and you need to choose another one.
cough macOS cough
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@JaredBusch said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
What is the point here. What are you "trying to learn" in a GUI?
Jared is correct. Outside of two minutes to learn where the start button is and what the theme looks like, there is no learning of a desktop, any desktop. It's not only not an IT skill, it's not a power user skill, or even an end user skill.
It would be similar to "learning a writing utensil". But pen, pencil, crayon... once you know how to write you don't learn a new one, you just use it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
@JaredBusch said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
What is the point here. What are you "trying to learn" in a GUI?
Jared is correct. Outside of two minutes to learn where the start button is and what the theme looks like, there is no learning of a desktop, any desktop. It's not only not an IT skill, it's not a power user skill, or even an end user skill.
It would be similar to "learning a writing utensil". But pen, pencil, crayon... once you know how to write you don't learn a new one, you just use it.
I was just curious if anyone knew of anything else. Can't know without asking
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If you're looking to learn about it, dconf is where you set the properties for GNOME 3. Tweak tool exposes a small number of these. Dconf-editor will give a gui tool to manage all of the settings or you can manage them through normal dump configs in /etc/dconf/db/ and then the database directory you want to manage.
Use the dump directories if you want to automate things like login messages, disabling the picker for usernames to force typing it in, disabling the power button without signing in, etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
@wirestyle22 said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
@scottalanmiller said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
The MOST common practice is to not use a GPU-based desktop. LXQt, XFCE, MATE, etc. are entire environments designed for that purpose.
There are no real changes I can make to just reduce the load though and still use fedora?
No one mentioned an alternative to Fedora. Everything we are talking about is ways of setting up Fedora.
I meant Gnome, just misspoke
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@stacksofplates said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
If you're looking to learn about it, dconf is where you set the properties for GNOME 3. Tweak tool exposes a small number of these. Dconf-editor will give a gui tool to manage all of the settings or you can manage them through normal dump configs in /etc/dconf/db/ and then the database directory you want to manage.
Use the dump directories if you want to automate things like login messages, disabling the picker for usernames to force typing it in, disabling the power button without signing in, etc.
Thanks
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@JaredBusch said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
@wirestyle22 said in Optimizing Fedora 31 VM w/GUI for remote access:
Currently Windows 10 RDP works incredibly well but trying to loan Gnome or Fedora has been much slower.
What is the point here. What are you "trying to learn" in a GUI?
You do not "learn" desktop environments. You simply use them. If your desktop environment requires a lot of education to use, it is shit and you need to choose another one.
load, not learn. I typo'd
