On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 01:53:47 +0100, T. E. Pickering wrote:
>> 1. In relation to the discussion before about the swap directory and
>> Netscape and StarOffice.
Note here that we're talking about what are probably the two most
abusive applications for unix, resource-wise.
We were contemplat
> 3. Has anyone ever done linux of any kind on a mac?
I have LinuxPPC running on ma Mac G3 B&W. I'm not an expert, but here are my
observations
1. The compiler is not as
optimizing as the comercial mac or the x86 GNU compiler. However, some
numerical apps like SETI, run faster than on Ma
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:36:39 -0500, Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:36:39 -0500, Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Wrt/swap space: Linux uses a swap partition instead of a swap file.
Well, Linux can use a swap file if you want it to. Swap partitions
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Hello all,
I'm new to this list, but I do a lot of on-line support, and I'm not that
new to Linux any more. StarOffice (at least the older versions) used the
Motif toolkit, which can be distributed statically linked. It takes forever
to load, as you said. The only thing to do about it would
> 1. In relation to the discussion before about the swap directory and
> Netscape and StarOffice.
>a.How can I tell if my swap directory is (or is not) being
> utilized? I never hear or see the HD light go on, like I do when
> erWindows is using the HD for swap space-
the 'free' comma
One thing that comes to mind is: What other processes do you have running
that could be sucking up resources? You can open a terminal window,type: top
and it'll show you a continually refreshing list of the running processes,
how much memory they are utilizing and how much CPU time they are using.
Elizabeth wrote:
> {snippage}
>b.when using (and when I installed) StarOffice it takes (took) a _very_
> long time to load the program (as in minutes), once i'm using it its okay.
> But I have 64 mb ram (and I think 128 swap), and from what I've read,
> people are doing it with much less an
