-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Raj Shekhar wrote:
>> Not having swap isn't a good idea IMO. >> You should have swap for idle programs to be stored there. > > > Not necessarily true. If you want to have all your processes to stay in > memory, for example when you are running a web+database server, you can > leave out swap to prevent the OS from ever swapping out your processes - > even if they have been inactive for a long time. On a desktop, you > definately want some swap to prevent the dreaded OOM killer from > visiting you and killing off some random process > > If OOM killer kills off random processes, I'd say it to be the most shitty piece of code. rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCmpdH4Rhi6gTxMLwRAjsTAJ9V3q++9nLvGafl580JtYltBKvqJACgnZVW AqRxnUOj4/hj9JkYmZ4HeeE= =kFzr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
