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Story: Aggressive Low Memory Booster For The Linux KernelTotal Replies: 5
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tracyanne

Jan 21, 2013
5:28 PM EST 		It would certainly make a difference on my old netbooks
djohnston

Jan 21, 2013
6:35 PM EST 		@tracyanne,

Have you tried using ZRAM?
tracyanne

Jan 21, 2013
7:06 PM EST 		No what is ZRAM?
tracyanne

Jan 21, 2013
7:11 PM EST 		'sok I just did an IxQuick search. I'll give it a try
tracyanne

Jan 21, 2013
7:32 PM EST 		I've installed zram-config, and rebooted, not sure yet what difference it will make, won't know that until I start using the recording and editing software and hydrogen etc
djohnston

Jan 22, 2013
4:34 PM EST 		I believe Ubuntu has a zram package. Simply installing the package will enable it. On Debian, it's a manual installation. That's okay, since it's just script and config files to enable it. The trick is getting a pre-compiled kernel with zram support. The stock Debian kernels don't have it. The liquorix kernels do. To see if there's any zram in use, just do:

cat /proc/swaps

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