Turn off unneccessary Unix processes - on Linux/Unix systems run chkconfig.
bash$ su - root
bash# man chkconfig
bash# chkconfig --help
bash# chkconfig --list | grep on | less
From the above list, turn off the processes you do not want to start automatically -
bash# chkconfig --level 0123456 <service name> off
Next time when the machine is booted these services will not be started.
Now, shutdown the services manually which you just turned off.
bash# cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
bash# ./<service name> stop
Do not run any other application processes which are unnecessary.
Do not leave X Window running unattended because its processes
consume memory and contribute to CPU load. It can also be a serious
security hole from outside attacks.
The X Window managers generally used are KDE, GNOME, CDE, XDM and others.
You must exit the X Window immediately after using and most of the time
you should see a command line console login prompt on the CVS server machine.