Re: Performance of Gimp vs. photoshop for large images

[Alan Buxey]

hi,

> BTW, Unix "trashing" is rare to find, or at least to heard. When it moves
> data to disk it does not sound like Windows Machine Gun Swap Routine (TM),

;-)

easiest way to see when you're swapping is to go to a shell and type
'free' - you shouldnt see the swap number used at all if you want best
performance. Though some apps may require huge chunks but dont continually
hit swap

alan