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Re: [opensuse] howto test swap? [was RAM]
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:33:12 -0700
- Message-id: <200709200833.12351.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 20 September 2007 08:06, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Thursday 2007-09-20 at 14:01 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> ...
>
> > 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.
And it allows the user to configure where (within the file system) to
create its temporary files.
> ...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos E. R.
Randall Schulz
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> The Thursday 2007-09-20 at 14:01 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> ...
>
> > 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.
And it allows the user to configure where (within the file system) to
create its temporary files.
> ...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos E. R.
Randall Schulz
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