Icedrake
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My interpretation of the article is that it gives zero increase in speed whilst RAM is available for use,
BUT a massive improvement when free RAM is exceed and it is time to use the Swap File because a normal Swap File on HDD gives a humongous penalty.
What you actually get is a replacement for the normal Swap File that uses space on the HDD,
and you get a VIRTUAL Swap File that uses space in the RAM you were already short off
Perhaps it was published in error on 2nd October - the author intended 1st April
The only benefit I can see is that this Virtual Swap File is compressed,
so perhaps 1 GB of Real RAM used by the Virtual Swap File might accommodate 3 GB of Notepad text in Unicode format,
but it will not accommodate more than 1 GB of incompressible files - e.g. music/video.
It reminds me of the amazing patents some 30 years ago for a multi-state analogue device that could hold multiple bits of data,
and this could replace a floppy disc and instantly boot up DOS with all the applications you wanted.
Merchant bankers thought they would be making a killing by investing in this new Company.
Very clever inventor fled the country with their finance before they realised their folly.
I am not saying that this Virtual Swap File is in any way a scam,
but do not be surprised if a free meal will cost you at the end of the day.
e.g. Windows is happy to compress old files that are rarely used
When you use a compressed file then Windows makes you take a time-out whilst it decompresses.
When your programme needs a few bytes of data in RAM that will take no time with REAL RAM,
but accessing a "block device which acts as a swap disk" will take more than a few CPU cycles, especially if it has to be decompressed.
The way Windows and Linux manage RAM is completely different; thus comparing this program with Windows doesn't work, as this program is not intended for Windows. It's for Linux. I've installed it on my computer, and I can personally say that it has caused no problems.
Compressing pages and keeping them in RAM virtually increases its capacity. This allows more applications to fit in given amount of memory.
No offense, but it seems as if your logic is a bit incorrect.
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Let them cry; there are thousands of other people loyal to Piriform's brilliant products. It's rather annoying to see people act so spoiled.
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Also a humerous bit of javascript I wrote that gerates "random" sentences
What're you up to?
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How the heck is that possible? O.O There must've been some other factors...
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it's not that, it's lack of panels (and in classic lack of ability to effect panels) and that ugly bulky on my 640x screen (small I know but it's a proxy server I rarely need to GUI into)
Ah yes, I know what you're talking about. I can't stand screens so small, even my laptop has a 17 inch screen, so it's basically a portable desktop.
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http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/increased-performance-in-linux-with.html
I've installed it on my comp, but I haven't really noticed a difference mainly because I have more RAM, but for those of you using <2 GB of ram, this should definitely make your computer faster (if you're using Linux that is). Based on the comments I've been reading in the article, it's gotten an extremely positive reaction, with the program making drastic speed differences in quite a few computers.
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A whole bunch of posts vanished into the ether during the latest update which must have sadly included yours.
Posts only ever get removed for very good reasons.
@ Winapp ... I would probably kill to get the old "CCleaner" skin back. I hate this upgrade and this colour scheme with a passion, but the many unhappy comments are being made in vain I'm afraid.
I second that. All of this white burns my eyes. O.O
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Honestly I don't get why so much customaztion has been removed from the desktop
even in Gnome-Classic I can't edit panels
(I kinda get how people felt about the Windows 7 changes now
)The default Ambience theme already looks so good that I haven't bothered to change anything besides my background.
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Glad you got it fixed Dennis. Computers can really annoy you sometimes; when I was reinstalling my computer with Ubuntu 11.10 a few days ago, I went downstairs to get a drink and such for a few minutes, and let the installation continue. Came back up to check the status of the installation and found that the screen had gone black due to inactivity (kind of like a screensaver I suppose). I thought nothing of it and moved the mouse around a bit until the screen came up again and guess what... just being gone for a few minutes and sending the screen into hibernation had messed up my install and given me a corrupt CD error. Then of course I had no OS to boot into, and long story short, I had to reinstall a second time.
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Speaking of Firefox, anyone tried the latest Aurora build besides me? Using version 9.0a2 right now, and holy crap it's fast.
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Very much so, I'm surprised by the fact that the news barely even mentioned his death, considering the fact that without him, there probably wouldn't have been an Apple.
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Just putting it out there for anyone else who's interested. Downloaded it and re-installed my computer right after I got home, and it's working brilliantly. No errors, haven't had to run around looking for drivers, everything works out of the box.
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I literally can't stop laughing, and I laugh too much already. >.<
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Hey guys, it's been a while.
Anyways, my current desktop:
Yep, using Ubuntu now.
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Amazing. I would love this!
Who needs a boat these days. Do some heavy duty work, then drive into a lake.
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Let's all try Isle of Tune while that one is down.
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None of these are meant to be offensive, just funny as heck.
Pretty much all of them make no sense whatsoever, but who cares. -
That guy has some serious talent.
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Ice! This is awesome!
Isn't it?
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If you want to try an even cooler music doo-dad, check out Isle of Tune. You make the music by making a little town/city/whatever you want with the given tools. The things that people have made using this is pretty amazing.
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Dammed crazy if you ask me............I can think of better things to spend $595.00 dollars on.
+1
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Just trying to post a desktop picture, to see if I can follow the directions given
in a previous post by hazelnut?
Ok the URL:
Let me be the first to welcome you to this wonderful forum filled with great people.
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You just need some cheese in there, and it would be perfect.
For me, she's back. (again)
I searched long and hard for a pear, only to realise that there is no pear.
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Welcome to the forum Ramro.
Increased Performance in Linux with zRam
in The Lounge
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Good job on writing such a long post on a program that is not made for Windows... now, tell me again how you've proven zRam doesn't work?