James Saveker wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Whilst browsing the interweb today I came across this shell script > called SwapBoost. > > http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/02/swapboost-v01alpha-early-testers-wanted/ > > The gentleman who wrote it appears to believe it emulates Windows > Vista's "ReadyBoost" technology. > > - From what I can tell ReadyBoost does an awful lot more than act as more > page memory.. it uses the Windows SuperFetch technology to monitor your > usage habits and load apps you are going to be using in to system memory > prior to you launching them. So it's kinda more like an intelligent cache. > > So I guess my question is do you think that even though this chap may be > a little wrong in his approach the basic premise would benefit some > Linux users on older systems lacking lot's of RAM? > > Just my $0.02.... > > Jimbo. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFH0siGdhSJLTwZPzIRAhYZAJ4kNEUFLd6RikuDTzO5xjM45Dkd9ACfWl6g > ibPVGQ3WLS6OUvC79H2N40Y= > =95kh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
I'm not sure that readyboost is very good, It seems like a bit of a bodge/another 'revolutionary' feature. Ram is very cheap, and even vista does not use more than can be cheaply bought. Flash wear may be an issue, as I suspect it would be very write heavy. I use a SD card as swap in my eee to save excessive writes to the SSD in it, just as a precaution (I suspect that it would be fine without) I do have a USB flash drive is starting to fail, this was a very cheap one and has seen a lot of use, so I guess I can't be too grumpy. Mj -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
