[mdlug] Suggestions for flash-drive Linux?

Ingles, Raymond Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com
Wed Jan 3 15:34:18 EST 2007


> From: Clinton V. Weiss

> > Swapping is essentially inevitable in a Windows system no 
> > matter how much RAM you add.
> >
> 
> That isn't alway true.  Here at work I must use Windows XP.  Since I
> have 2 gigs of RAM on my system, I fully utilize it by turning off all
> paging.  Windows runs like a dream when it's completely in memory.

 Ah, well, I stand corrected.

> I've ran out of memory once, and that was completely my fault for not
> paying attention to what I was doing.

 Of course, as you discovered, Windows does not handle that situation
terribly gracefully. Further "of course", "gracefully" and "Windows"
don't generally go together at all. :->

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                    (313) 227-2317

 "Bill Gates is a billionare because he [realized] that given
 a choice between a $200 program that works flawlessly and a
   $99 program that fails 5% of the time, most people (and
  businesses) will choose the cheaper product (while moaning
         how bad software is)." - Steven Maurer
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