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Aggressive Low Memory Booster For The Linux Kernel

Posted by tracyanne on · 6 comments
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Last week on the Linux kernel mailing list was a proposal for an Aggressive Low Memory Booster. This is potentially an interesting feature for Linux systems with limited amounts of RAM...

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tracyanne ·
It would certainly make a difference on my old netbooks
djohnston ·
@tracyanne,

Have you tried using ZRAM?

tracyanne ·
'sok I just did an IxQuick search. I'll give it a try
tracyanne ·
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 ·
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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