http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/59/
I think that Ubuntu should look at the RAM capacity of the computer and take the full advantage of the hudge amount of memory that we have today.

I'm sure it will be possible to preload most usefull apps and to bring a more efficient, smooth and fast system.


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]]> en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:59:55 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:51:33 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/59/
Ubuntu caches your aplications.
]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:23:13 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:33:17 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:37:49 +0000 Maybe in your hemisphere! :P]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:20:39 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:40 +0000 Of course this should not prevent the user of having access to it if his applications do need it (Makoto), and of course it should not change behaviour for machins with smaller ram!]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:15:20 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:53:06 +0000
Remember that Ubuntu is meant to be inclusive and available. Increasing the system requirements would go against that.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:51:07 +0000
Waste not want not.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:00:20 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:15:39 +0000
It caches stuff it thinks you will need all the time. Hence system memory is allways almost full. This is not a performance issue, since it doesn't take more time to overwrite stuff than it takes to write stuff to blank memory.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:36:08 +0000 In fact, I was about to post a recommendation that a lighter install be possible for people with 128Mb or less.

Keep in mind that a big draw for Linux is the ability to salvage old systems.

I believe many people would be happy with an install which has a minimalist install of a web browser WITH flash out of the box(I perfer Firefox), email client, and maybe an office app.

While I enjoy the enhancements, 95% of what I do is surf the web and check my mail.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:26:46 +0000
I know that linux is already caching a lot of things but maybe it is possible to do more on that way ONLY WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE, if there is a lot of memory available. It is about using capacity of computers not increase the system requirements.

But maybe I'm the only person thinking that my(yours ?) favorites apps should start/run faster ? Or did I explain it in a wrong way ( english is not my native language )?]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:16:04 +0000
Memory can hold the programs. Processors actually make them run.

Also, I do a lot of high-strung and CPU-intensive tasks on a daily basis (programming and compiling), so I obviously want as little demand on the CPU as I can get, and as little of that kernel occupying the RAM as I can get.]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:38:21 +0000 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:30:56 +0000
In fact, it already exists and it is called .... "preload"

It is an application which register the most used files and preload them in the ram at the next boot.]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:10:45 +0000 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:18:21 +0000 I agree though, that it should raise the minimum RAM required to run the OS, just make use of how much memory it is given to it.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:07:32 +0000 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:51:14 +0000
gigaoctet is French. Agrou is French, so he will probably use the French unit. :) Yes, RAM would be "2 Gio". Most other things are just Go.]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 15:55:13 +0000
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/3260/]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 03:12:13 +0000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:15:21 +0000 wrong. The system only gets slow if it goes out of ram and starts swapping with hard disk memory.]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:52:18 +0000 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:14:18 +0000 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:17:53 +0000
he is talking about higher end computers having the OPTION to preload commonly used data into the ram, allowing extra performance.
This would be irrelevant to slower computers, and would not affect their performance.

I do wonder if this would make less frequently accessed programs slower to execute?

Since everything else in linux is so customizable, seems like some options to control ram behaviour couldn't hurt. Just make it clear within the UI that it's an advanced feature.

*shrug*
Could have some potential

Thread should be renamed to "Options for controlling usage of RAM"]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:13:36 +0000