memory management
Mar. 24th, 2005 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslIn my experience, Linux is as bad as Windows. I'm routinely having to wait 5 minutes for my screen to process a simple "minimize" click.
What the hell is my computer doing that's keeping it so busy? My guess is it's swapping memory with the HD, since this only happens when I have "too many" things open.
Another solution would be to save the inactive current processes to the HD, free up the memory, and *only* load them up when requested (instead of juggling things around all the time).
Does anyone know how to turn off memory swapping? I would prefer to get an error message: "memory is full". Does anyone know which process corresponds to the screen / user input, so I can up its priority?
Why is the software of today still oblivious to the user's experience?
What the hell is my computer doing that's keeping it so busy? My guess is it's swapping memory with the HD, since this only happens when I have "too many" things open.
Another solution would be to save the inactive current processes to the HD, free up the memory, and *only* load them up when requested (instead of juggling things around all the time).
Does anyone know how to turn off memory swapping? I would prefer to get an error message: "memory is full". Does anyone know which process corresponds to the screen / user input, so I can up its priority?
Why is the software of today still oblivious to the user's experience?