> > > > > > > > The general response to complaints that MDK 8.0 is slow seems to be to > > install more ram. > > > > I realize that ram is inherently faster than swap and swap is only > > supposed to supplement existing ram. If adding more ram increases the > > speed but just using a larger swap provides no benefit, is it possible > > that swap isn't being used at all? How can swap be checked to > > determine if it is doing what it is supposed to do? > > > > Wisdom from Mike ======================== > Try running top > Mike Very good ------------------------------- Wisdom from Dennis ========================== > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- > If you use KDE desk top, click on the K panel >control center > > information>memory you will see the physical memory(RAM) and Buffer > memory MB and Swap. I have 320 MB of RAM and for the most part it goes > unused with the programs I run. The graphics of the Memory Information > App are fun though. HTH. > -- > Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Outstanding graphic display of RAM and SWAP usage. With 64 MB RAM and 188 MB swap, RAM usage never went over 99% and swap never went over 8% when tested with various programs. Seems that I won't benefit much from more RAM and SWAP could be smaller. ------------------------------------------- Wisdom from Joan > > > I use gkrellm to know what the system load is... try it! ;) Nice compact display of all kinds of load information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Very very interesting---all three. I discovered my 64 MB RAM was being used at about 94% and my 188 MB swap about 1%.
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