Optimization of the G5

I'd like my G5 to run as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Everyone has some different ideas on how to do this. I'd appreciate some suggestions on software, scripts, preferences, whatever to smooth the daily operations of this beast. I also heard that Norton Anti-Virus and Firewall really aren't built well for macs, that the programs tend to cause issues. Is this true? Do I really need them? Are there better programs?
Also, does anyone have a clue what the "update" (user ID: root) process does? Whenever it's turned on, it slows down my workflow because it "hi-jacks" the OS every ten seconds or so and creates a burst of disk activity, during which time nothing can be done. If I quit the process, everything's fine. But when I reboot the computer it's back. I want it gone permanently if it's not essestial.
Does apple have some sort of online tech class for macs? Or are there certain books? I'd like to learn the technology of these machines from the inside out, but nowhere near here offers those kinds of lessons.

Use SuperDuper to clone to a new drive that you have done a zero all on first. That brings back some performance.
Run Applejack to clear the caches regularly.
Run Disk Warrior 4.
Avoid 3rd party background scripts and utilities that monitor your system and drives, including Norton but also for checking drives and temperature.
What you see is a background process "update" owned by root that is general just in the background.
Next time you run Applejack, check for corrupt plists, too. Maybe you have other programs that hijack update. It should be there.
Do this: do a clean install of just Apple software. Then backup to a disk image. Then add essential programs. Make another backup. Avoid all the fancy gems to make your mac work differently. Clean, mean, slimmed down production runs better and is more stable.
There are half a dozen or more FAQs on maintenance and preventative maintenance. MacWorld and lots of people who frequent the forums to offer advice.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/resources/
There is also Apple's new Mac 101 Help series. Some like "Missing Manual" or "Tiger Unleashed" and Ted Landau has his own book on troubleshooting, but the site has a wealth of tutorials worth the $25/yr as well as a PDF and CD of all their articles.
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At line:1 char:1
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : MetadataError: (MSFT_Volume (Ob...2-a802-ba7e...):ROOT/Microsoft/...age/MSFT_Volume) [Optimize-Volume], CimException
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PS C:\Users\administrator> Optimize-Volume -DriveLetter T -Analyze -Verbose
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At line:1 char:1
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : MetadataError: (MSFT_Volume (Ob...2-a802-ba7e...):ROOT/Microsoft/...age/MSFT_Volume) [Optimize-Volume], CimException
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Optimize-Volume : The specified extrinsic Method does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : MetadataError: (MSFT_Volume (Ob...2-93f1-0050...):ROOT/Microsoft/...age/MSFT_Volume) [Optimize-Volume], CimException
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VERBOSE: Analysis: 0% complete...
VERBOSE: Analysis: 22% complete...
# ... Repeated ...
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VERBOSE: Analysis: 99% complete...
VERBOSE: Analysis: 100% complete...
VERBOSE: Analysis: 100% complete.
VERBOSE:
Post Defragmentation Report:
VERBOSE:
Volume Information:
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VERBOSE: Cluster size = 4 KB
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VERBOSE: Free space = 21.29 GB
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VERBOSE:
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