Re: Debian PC Requirements
On Thursday, 11 April 2002 11:20:49 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> I have trouble, in fact, imagining the set of desktop programs that
> would manage to eat 2GB of space, even if they leaked awfully
This need not be the case. Linux kernel uses all free memory for
caching. Now if all ram is filled up and more memory is required, it
is better to keep the cache intact and move some applications that are
not being used for a long time in to the cache, rather than flush the
cache and use that ram for the new apps. So The swap usage in linux
can increase, especially if most of your apps are sleeping. This
won't slow down the system much. There will be a noticeable delay,
accompanied by swap activity, when you go back to an app that you was
started, but not being used for a long time.
bye,
pappu.
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