>>> "Charles" == Charles Ulwelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Charles> I am in an ext2 and I have a large swap space set up. I
Charles> got it figured out. It was just a problem with Mandrake
Charles> loading up a bunch of useless crap(for a beginner like me
Charles> its useless). Plus there were 10-15 versions of apache
Charles> running at a time... that was like 35-40 megs of mem
Charles> right there.
[snip]
This points out something which Linux has carried over from its
history primarily in a server style operation.
Too much stuff gets started by default, if a user installs more
packages than is truly needed.
Example: I installed postgresql and mysql and apache to fool around
with. I don't need a postgresql or mysql or apache server running all
the time, only when I want it to. Yet, Linux does start them on bootup,
and I have to manually remove them from the initialization.
Now that more and more desktops are running Linux with the only
networking being done being the internet, end users don't see the true
performance of Linux, since too many processes are running, consuming
too much memory.
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Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA
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"My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I
have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday
because it is Thursday." - [G.K. Chesterton, in New York Times
Magazine, 2/11/23]
