Hi, I got this computer free and installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it + updates, plus followed the following tutorial all the way: http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/937-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-1004-lts-lucid-lynx

I love the Docky which comes with it, but the computer has been running rather slowly. The System:

• kernel 2.6.32-22-generic
• Gnome 2.30.0 (I like Gnome!)
• Memory: 1GB
• Processor: Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 1700 MHz (needless to say, it is 32 bit).
• I think I dedicated 128 Mb to video memory while installing, but cannot find this setting now.
• I did also install an NVidia driver for the 3D card, so I probably want to reclaim that memory back.

I want to trim the fat but I also want to keep some of the sex appeal of Ubuntu 10.04. I will gift this computer to a friend, who will use it for Internet, music, videos, word processing, Skype and instant messaging - he is non-technical, so this hardware and Linux should work for him; I just need to speed it up while keeping the good software and having a nice UI. I sort of know my way around Linux, but not that well. Feel free to ask me to run particular commands if you want more info. For starters, here are the services below. Which ones can I kill and how? What else can go? There is no need to run ssh or ftp or http or ntp servers. As I said before, this computer is for non-technical person. There is also absolutely no bluetooth or wireless networking needed - it will feed off a regular ethernet cable. What I do not want to do is reinstall some other distro or recompile a kernel. I want to make it 80% perfect spending 20% of the energy :) Thanks!

$ service --status-all
 [ ? ]  acpi-support
 [ ? ]  acpid
 [ ? ]  alsa-mixer-save
 [ ? ]  anacron
 [ - ]  apparmor
 [ ? ]  apport
 [ ? ]  atd
 [ ? ]  avahi-daemon
 [ ? ]  binfmt-support
 [ - ]  bluetooth
 [ - ]  bootlogd
 [ - ]  brltty
 [ ? ]  console-setup
 [ ? ]  cron
 [ + ]  cups
 [ ? ]  dbus
 [ ? ]  dmesg
 [ ? ]  dns-clean
 [ ? ]  failsafe-x
 [ - ]  fancontrol
 [ ? ]  gdm
 [ - ]  grub-common
 [ ? ]  hostname
 [ ? ]  hwclock
 [ ? ]  hwclock-save
 [ ? ]  irqbalance
 [ - ]  kerneloops
 [ ? ]  killprocs
 [ - ]  lm-sensors
 [ ? ]  module-init-tools
 [ ? ]  network-interface
 [ ? ]  network-interface-security
 [ ? ]  network-manager
 [ ? ]  networking
 [ ? ]  ondemand
 [ ? ]  pcmciautils
 [ ? ]  plymouth
 [ ? ]  plymouth-log
 [ ? ]  plymouth-splash
 [ ? ]  plymouth-stop
 [ ? ]  pppd-dns
 [ ? ]  procps
 [ + ]  pulseaudio
 [ ? ]  rc.local
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ ? ]  rsyslog
 [ - ]  saned
 [ ? ]  screen-cleanup
 [ ? ]  sendsigs
 [ ? ]  speech-dispatcher
 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd
 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd-single
 [ ? ]  udev
 [ ? ]  udev-finish
 [ ? ]  udevmonitor
 [ ? ]  udevtrigger
 [ ? ]  ufw
 [ ? ]  umountfs
 [ ? ]  umountnfs.sh
 [ ? ]  umountroot
 [ ? ]  unattended-upgrades
 [ - ]  urandom
 [ + ]  winbind
 [ ? ]  wpa-ifupdown
 [ - ]  x11-common