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On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 08:34:27PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > Stop using disk and build in RAM: |
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> > |
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> > tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs size=7000M,nr_inodes=1M 0 0 |
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> > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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> > |
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> > workstation ~ # free -m |
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> > total used free shared buffers cached |
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> > Mem: 15798 3711 12087 0 0 937 |
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> > -/+ buffers/cache: 2772 13025 |
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> > Swap: 8103 0 8103 |
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> He may not have enough to do that tho. Some folks only have 4Gbs or |
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> less still. That won't be enough for LOo. Heck, my 16Gbs wasn't enough |
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> at one time. I had to either let it be on HDD or set it to a higher |
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> amount than the default half. |
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> I also tested the time difference once before, it didn't really make |
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> much difference. It just saves wear on a drive is all. |
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> Dale |
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If 16GB of RAM wasn't enough, ydiw. I've used that line of 7G forever, and run |
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app-office/libreoffice, as well as firefox and some other big app (forget it's |
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name) and _never_ had a problem. |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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