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Patric Douhane <patric@×××××.se> skribis: |
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> Hi, watched the system when it compiled, processor @ 99-100%, RAM |
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> ~20%, is this normal? Also what is the swap mem for, it used only |
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> about 200K, out of 500M..... |
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Your processor is eager to do work! :) |
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Swap is ‘emergency memory’ if you run out of RAM. Linux kernels don’t |
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use swap much, and some programs that might need swap space, such as |
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GIMP, prefer to maintain their own swap files (I guess so they don’t |
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use up RAM that other programs could use). It’s good if your aren’t |
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using much swap. |
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Having some swap space is something I do mainly because I am |
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obsessive-compulsive (literally). :) |
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Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://chemoelectric.org |
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Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com (PDF) |
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'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush |
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(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html) |
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