Hi, mik...@staldal.nu (2011-11-15 at 2032.43 +0100): > On 2011-11-15 17:43, GSR - FR wrote: > >Yes, look in preferences, you can configure where you want the files > >to be written; so point to a RAM based FS there. Another trick would > >be using symlinks to redirect the directory structure (useful for apps > >that do not allow configuration). Linux tmpfs is backed by swap, so it > >could hit the disks anyway. > BTW, why does GIMP have this swap folder? Why doesn't it just > allocate all memory it needs and let the OS do the swapping?
OS swap is, normally, fixed size, and in some cases even zero (at OS level it is a cushion, not a fix, and sometimes really bad if the system becomes unresponsive). With own swapping files, it can swap more, without affecting other processes, until the data partition fills up. GSR _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
