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Written by haras the 29 Feb 08 at 08:32.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
make "aptitude install preload" installed and configured by defaults, it really speed-ups ubuntu apps start-up time
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sketec wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:40
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Yes, vote this up. For example, OO now boots in 6 seconds from 13 seconds on my hardware. I didn't time other apps, but I notice a pretty significant increase. My specs are Intel Core Solo U1300 ULV (1.06GHz, 533MHz), 1GB RAM-DDR2-533 SDRAM, (512MB Integrated) 2 DIMMs, 60GB HD-4200RPM 1.8" Hard Drive. The only drawback is that it runs as a daemon with root privileges.
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Greyor wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:42
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I don't know if I'd make this installed by default. Sure, it should be suggested, but I don't know if everyone wants to invest the RAM, especially on legacy machines. Sketec, you may be an exception to this, though.
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sketec wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:51
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@Greyor : Oh, it does eat up a large chunk of RAM, I forgot about that. I have so much that I didn't notice. I'm using exactly 423MB with the following apps open: Thunderbird, Firefox (2 tabs), Gedit, and Totem. So, maybe not make it default. But, maybe an option during install, if the installer sees you have a lot of RAM to waste?
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changlinn wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 09:01
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Ram is pretty cheap now, couldn't you just do during install if ram >1gb install preload?
The only issue I can see here as sketec said it runs with root privledges, what if a maliscious script/app took advantage of this and broke out of preload into the system?
I can't say I have tried it, but I might give it a go.
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