/tags/instant-messaging/ Recent content in Instant Messaging on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:50:14 +0000 /2011/03/27/use-finch-less-memory-and-cpu-usage-in-replacement-for-pidgin/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:50:14 +0000 /2011/03/27/use-finch-less-memory-and-cpu-usage-in-replacement-for-pidgin/ <!--[ad#ad-2]--> <p>Well, if you are on linux then you have options – is a known fact. But how those options help?</p> <p>I was working on a machine which had very less <a class="zem_slink" title="Random-access memory" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory">RAM</a> and was quite old system and it was running F14. Guess what would be the state of the system with pidgin, xmms, firefox, evolution and couple of terminals. Now, this is where if you could save a few cycles of <a class="zem_slink" title="Central processing unit" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit">CPU</a> then you can actullay see the difference in sluggish <a class="zem_slink" title="Graphical user interface" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface">GUI</a> and and an okay sort of GUI. So, first off, kill pidgin and use finch.</p>