Yep you make a lot of sense. So to go one step further does Linux have something like prefetch(taking flash memory out of the picture)?
Kind regards, Jimbo. Sent from my iPhone On 8 Mar 2008, at 18:41, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 17:10 +0000, James Saveker wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Whilst browsing the interweb today I came across this shell script >> called SwapBoost. >> >> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/02/swapboost-v01alpha-early-testers-wanted/ >> > > <snip> > > Everything you've said has already been posted in comments to his site > as far as I can see. Although many are somewhat rude and misguided > (flash doesn't have _that_ short a life), they have a point. > >> So I guess my question is do you think that even though this chap >> may be >> a little wrong in his approach the basic premise would benefit some >> Linux users on older systems lacking lot's of RAM? >> > > Nope, not really. It's much better to load less stuff in RAM or have > more RAM than load to much and have to swap all the time. > > Cheers, > Al. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
