[tweakmonkey]

Looking to squeeze a few more ounces of juice out of Ubuntu for free? Here's a list of quick guides for tweaking the OS even more (some have repeat tips):

The "feisty fawn performance guide" is a new guide with some good info.

More tips are available here with some tips/tricks for customizing the OS, complete with great instructions and screenshots.

There's a good guide here that gives a few options to boost speed, especially for networking/Internet. Also, for faster gnome menus check this one.

Then there's Top 10 Ubuntu Apps and Tweaks @ Hack Attack.

If you want to disable Java in Open-Office to increase performance further, try this:

1. Start up Open-Office (writer, for example)
2. Go to Tools->Options
3. In the options tree on the left-hand side of the panel, navigate to OpenOffice.org->Java
4. Uncheck the box that says "Use a Java runtime environment"
5. Close all Open-Office windows and restart

Thanks diggapleaze for these instructions.