RE: why swap at all?

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 26 May 2004 11:30, Buddy Lumpkin wrote:
> I have worked at large fortune 500 companies with deep pockets though, so
> this may not be the case for many. I make this point though because I think
> if it isn't the case yet, it will be in the near future as memory becomes
> even cheaper because the trend certainly exists.

"640k will be enough for anyone" ?

No. Unfortunately, userspace programs grow in size as fast
as your RAM. Because typically developers do not think
about size of their program until it starts to outgrow
their RAM.

Today, 128M RAM swapless is barely enough to run full
spectrum of apps. OpenOffice and Mozilla "lead" the pack,
followed by KDE/Gnome etc.
-- 
vda
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