Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ZRAM, vm.swappiness and the future

2013-10-28 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-10-26 20:37, Leszek Lesner wrote: > As some of you know there were some discussions on this mailinglist > regarding zram and vm.swappiness. > In this mail I want to write down all I know and learned about zram, > vm.swappiness and its cooperation. > This is intend as a help and a starting p

AW: [Lubuntu-qa] ZRAM, vm.swappiness and the future

2013-10-26 Thread Leszek Lesner
: JMGesendet: Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2013 00:26An: Leszek LesnerCc: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com; lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.netBetreff: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ZRAM, vm.swappiness and the futureOn Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:37:04 +0200Leszek Lesner wrote:> As some of you know there were some discussi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM

2013-06-30 Thread Jörn Schönyan
Am 03.06.2013 20:15, schrieb Ali Linx (amjjawad): Hi, I have seen some emails talking about zRAM. I still have no time to go through these emails and yes, I'm referring to the endless threads about Firefox vs Chromium (I lost counting, how many threads so far?) and I've noticed many mentioned

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install? (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-18 Thread Jackson Doak
i'll try and get a few working. If anyone wants stuff all they would have to pay is shipping. I volunteer at cbne.org.au and we get hundreds of PCs a month, so if anyone has a specific piece of old hardware that needs testing i should be able to find it. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Ali Linx

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Jackson, I suggest that you test the desktop installer in one of your old machines at 256 MB RAM with and without swap to disk (prepared before the installer is started). It is valuable to have several test results to find good and bad properties of zRAM, and to have more data for the new reco

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi Phill, I'm testing installation from 'grub-n-iso-swap' for Pentium M and Celeron M, and then it is not possible (or I don't now how) to bypass the full desktop screen. So it is somewhat heavier, and I have issues with 256 MB RAM even when I use swap to disk ... ... I just passed a critical poi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install? (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-18 Thread Jackson Doak
really, i can test anything before 2008 On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Jackson Doak wrote: > >> If you need testing on something below 128mb, let me know, i have access >> to a warehouse of ancient PCs >> >> > Thank you so much

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install? (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )

2013-06-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
So many email threads, As the desktop installer now seems to be pretty much working on 256Mb RAM machines, we do hit a point where the applications (browser, etc) will take a machine with less than 256 Mb RAM 'over the edge'. Please see [1] which is being updated as we learn more about what 13.10

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM for the Alternate Install?

2013-06-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nio, as the desktop installer now seems to be pretty much working on 256Mb RAM machines, we do hit a point where the applications (browser, etc) will take a machine with less than 256 Mb RAM 'over the edge'. Please see [1] which is being updated as we learn more about what 13.10 is capable of.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM has been removed from Lubuntu 13.10 daily build of 17-Jun

2013-06-17 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
zram: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1192005 Browser: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1192010 On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > O_o > > Firefox does not exist as well: http://i40.tinypic.com/9th4p4.jpg > > > > O

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM has been removed from Lubuntu 13.10 daily build of 17-Jun

2013-06-17 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
O_o Firefox does not exist as well: http://i40.tinypic.com/9th4p4.jpg On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Yorvyk wrote: >> Don’t know why it#s missing, but it may be worth repeating the tests you've >> done, if you have time, with tod

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM has been removed from Lubuntu 13.10 daily build of 17-Jun

2013-06-17 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Yorvyk wrote: > Don’t know why it#s missing, but it may be worth repeating the tests you've > done, if you have time, with today’s daily to see what difference it makes. > > Steve $ zsync http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/20130617/saucy-desktop-i386.is