Disabling service on s_l_o_w desktop

[Dotan Cohen]

I have installed Kubuntu 8.04 on a very slow 1.4 Ghz AMD Duron desktop
machine. Although there is 1 GB RAM installed, the machine is very
unresponsive. I am considering disabling as many services as possible
to help the computer cope with the load. My two main goals are to
reduce the sluggish response of the computer, and to decrease boot
time. For a single-user desktop machine, that is not doing development
work, are these services really necessary?

acpid
anacron
apmd
apport
atd
dhcdbd
policykit
powernowd
rsync
usplash
vbesave

What else can one do to make Kubuntu more responsive? Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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