* Karol Pietrzak (noodlez84@earthlink.net) [011112 16:40]: ->To the original poster: ->For shits and giggles mostly, try the Robert Love's pre-emptive ->linux kernel patches from http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/ . It ->is supposedly faster for desktop machines when throughput is not ->much of an issue. If it is faster and still swaps, we can all ->assume John Scott's wisdom is truth. -> ->BTW, AA's VM was chosen (in part, of course) because of its ->speed over Rik's. If a little swap is used for that speed ->increase, then hell, so be it. -> ->Also, try disabling swap altogether. Do you have a speed ->incrase or decrease? That will probably answer your question ->(in part, at least). I'm still "hangin loose" and seeing if anything goes wanky now that I know it's *suppose* to behave like this. I'll post if I have anything to add. -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE