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Re: [opensuse] howto test swap? [was RAM]
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:06:03 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709201704480.25002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Thursday 2007-09-20 at 14:01 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> The simple advice is to stop worrying! You haven't got a problem so stop
> looking for one :)
He is just curious ;-)
> A slightly more complicated answer: programs don't use swap, data does.
> That's an exaggaration but is the gist of the answer. If you want to use
> some swap, load one gimp and then open lots of pictures.
The Gimp uses its own temporary space in disk.
> Or load
> openoffice and lots of documents. Or firefox and lots of web pages. You
> get the idea.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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The Thursday 2007-09-20 at 14:01 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> The simple advice is to stop worrying! You haven't got a problem so stop
> looking for one :)
He is just curious ;-)
> A slightly more complicated answer: programs don't use swap, data does.
> That's an exaggaration but is the gist of the answer. If you want to use
> some swap, load one gimp and then open lots of pictures.
The Gimp uses its own temporary space in disk.
> Or load
> openoffice and lots of documents. Or firefox and lots of web pages. You
> get the idea.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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