11-20-2017, 07:28 PM
11-21-2017, 12:14 PM
Hi then00b,
I imagine others will comment, I'm a newbie, however I found this article helpful in explaining zRAM and swap. Go to this link then in the search bar put: Speed up your Mint! (Yes, I know we're LL 3.4/3.6
:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3
Hope it helps,
Janet
I imagine others will comment, I'm a newbie, however I found this article helpful in explaining zRAM and swap. Go to this link then in the search bar put: Speed up your Mint! (Yes, I know we're LL 3.4/3.6
:https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3
Hope it helps,
Janet
11-21-2017, 09:54 PM
(11-20-2017, 07:28 PM)then00b link Wrote: [ -> ]And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
11-21-2017, 11:01 PM
(11-21-2017, 09:54 PM)Moltke link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=then00b link=topic=4852.msg36795#msg36795 date=1511206138]
And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
[/quote]
Oh I see, I have 4GB on this laptop. So, using it will have no any effect?
11-21-2017, 11:02 PM
(11-21-2017, 12:14 PM)JanetBiggar link Wrote: [ -> ]Hi then00b,
I imagine others will comment, I'm a newbie, however I found this article helpful in explaining zRAM and swap. Go to this link then in the search bar put: Speed up your Mint! (Yes, I know we're LL 3.4/3.6
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3
Hope it helps,
Janet
Thanks!
11-22-2017, 05:26 AM
(11-21-2017, 09:54 PM)Moltke link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=then00b link=topic=4852.msg36795#msg36795 date=1511206138]
And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
[/quote]
Moltke a bunch of the computers I am working on have 2 GB RAM so given that the RAM is at the top end of the range “do I” or “don’t I” use zRAM to help performance..?
Thanks, Janet
11-22-2017, 05:59 PM
11-22-2017, 06:13 PM
(11-22-2017, 05:26 AM)JanetBiggar link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Moltke link=topic=4852.msg36823#msg36823 date=1511301290]
[quote author=then00b link=topic=4852.msg36795#msg36795 date=1511206138]
And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
[/quote]
Moltke a bunch of the computers I am working on have 2 GB RAM so given that the RAM is at the top end of the range “do I” or “don’t I” use zRAM to help performance..?
Thanks, Janet
[/quote]
My stats on 2.4 LL with firefox 57 and whole lot going on.
You won't have what I show as a command because I installed this manually. It is not a stock Linux Lite application.
Code:
harry@biker1:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for harry:
root@biker1:~# ps_mem.py
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
140.0 KiB + 31.0 KiB = 171.0 KiB gnome-pty-helper
156.0 KiB + 19.5 KiB = 175.5 KiB acpid
152.0 KiB + 28.0 KiB = 180.0 KiB atd
184.0 KiB + 17.5 KiB = 201.5 KiB sh
172.0 KiB + 30.5 KiB = 202.5 KiB gdomap
216.0 KiB + 51.0 KiB = 267.0 KiB cron
240.0 KiB + 42.0 KiB = 282.0 KiB upstart-udev-bridge
268.0 KiB + 46.0 KiB = 314.0 KiB rtkit-daemon
272.0 KiB + 47.0 KiB = 319.0 KiB upstart-event-bridge
360.0 KiB + 17.5 KiB = 377.5 KiB ssh-agent
308.0 KiB + 177.0 KiB = 485.0 KiB upstart-dbus-bridge (2)
548.0 KiB + 29.5 KiB = 577.5 KiB upstart-socket-bridge
484.0 KiB + 126.0 KiB = 610.0 KiB dbus-launch (2)
556.0 KiB + 72.0 KiB = 628.0 KiB systemd-logind [updated]
492.0 KiB + 145.5 KiB = 637.5 KiB at-spi-bus-launcher
516.0 KiB + 132.5 KiB = 648.5 KiB obex-data-server
620.0 KiB + 61.5 KiB = 681.5 KiB dnsmasq [updated]
540.0 KiB + 144.0 KiB = 684.0 KiB redshift
536.0 KiB + 151.5 KiB = 687.5 KiB at-spi2-registryd
556.0 KiB + 151.0 KiB = 707.0 KiB ibus-engine-simple
640.0 KiB + 154.5 KiB = 794.5 KiB ibus-dconf
624.0 KiB + 182.0 KiB = 806.0 KiB gvfsd-network
352.0 KiB + 456.0 KiB = 808.0 KiB avahi-daemon (2)
720.0 KiB + 105.5 KiB = 825.5 KiB gvfsd-metadata
688.0 KiB + 203.0 KiB = 891.0 KiB getty (6)
820.0 KiB + 166.0 KiB = 986.0 KiB gvfsd-trash
1.0 MiB + 47.0 KiB = 1.0 MiB bluetoothd
844.0 KiB + 288.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB gvfsd (2)
920.0 KiB + 310.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB upowerd
936.0 KiB + 301.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB xfconfd (3)
1.1 MiB + 167.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB gconfd-2
1.0 MiB + 199.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB upstart-file-bridge (2)
1.2 MiB + 53.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB rsyslogd
1.0 MiB + 195.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB deja-dup-monitor
932.0 KiB + 361.5 KiB = 1.3 MiB indicator-application-service
976.0 KiB + 333.5 KiB = 1.3 MiB ntpd
776.0 KiB + 556.0 KiB = 1.3 MiB cups-browsed
1.2 MiB + 156.0 KiB = 1.3 MiB xscreensaver
1.3 MiB + 69.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB systemd-udevd
1.2 MiB + 279.0 KiB = 1.5 MiB sudo
1.4 MiB + 577.5 KiB = 2.0 MiB cupsd
1.7 MiB + 299.5 KiB = 2.0 MiB gnome-keyring-daemon
1.8 MiB + 252.0 KiB = 2.0 MiB udisksd
1.7 MiB + 500.0 KiB = 2.2 MiB xfce4-power-manager
1.6 MiB + 640.0 KiB = 2.2 MiB xfce4-volumed
1.8 MiB + 422.0 KiB = 2.2 MiB init (3)
1.7 MiB + 563.0 KiB = 2.3 MiB xfce4-session
1.6 MiB + 705.5 KiB = 2.3 MiB lightdm (2)
1.8 MiB + 455.5 KiB = 2.3 MiB wpa_supplicant [updated]
1.6 MiB + 758.5 KiB = 2.3 MiB nmbd
1.6 MiB + 763.0 KiB = 2.3 MiB panel-6-systray
2.4 MiB + 103.0 KiB = 2.5 MiB sbscheduler
1.7 MiB + 800.0 KiB = 2.5 MiB light-locker
2.5 MiB + 78.0 KiB = 2.5 MiB dconf-service
2.7 MiB + 179.0 KiB = 2.9 MiB gvfsd-computer
2.9 MiB + 25.0 KiB = 2.9 MiB dhclient
2.9 MiB + 197.0 KiB = 3.1 MiB accounts-daemon
2.9 MiB + 289.0 KiB = 3.2 MiB gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor (2)
2.5 MiB + 874.5 KiB = 3.3 MiB NetworkManager
3.1 MiB + 474.0 KiB = 3.6 MiB gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor (2)
2.6 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 3.7 MiB xfwm4
3.1 MiB + 725.0 KiB = 3.8 MiB dbus-daemon (5)
3.5 MiB + 489.0 KiB = 4.0 MiB ibus-x11
3.3 MiB + 1.0 MiB = 4.4 MiB panel-14-batter
3.3 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 4.4 MiB xfce4-brightness-plugin
4.6 MiB + 168.0 KiB = 4.7 MiB gvfsd-dnssd
4.5 MiB + 414.0 KiB = 4.9 MiB pulseaudio
4.3 MiB + 566.5 KiB = 4.9 MiB xfsettingsd
4.0 MiB + 1.4 MiB = 5.5 MiB polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
5.1 MiB + 484.0 KiB = 5.6 MiB gvfs-afc-volume-monitor (2)
6.0 MiB + 141.0 KiB = 6.2 MiB polkitd
5.9 MiB + 466.5 KiB = 6.4 MiB indicator-sound-service
6.2 MiB + 244.0 KiB = 6.4 MiB colord
6.4 MiB + 219.5 KiB = 6.6 MiB ModemManager
5.3 MiB + 1.5 MiB = 6.8 MiB xfce4-panel
5.2 MiB + 2.0 MiB = 7.2 MiB panel-13-weathe
5.3 MiB + 2.0 MiB = 7.2 MiB panel-5-indicat
6.6 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 7.7 MiB bash (4)
7.8 MiB + 150.5 KiB = 8.0 MiB ibus-daemon
8.2 MiB + 709.0 KiB = 8.9 MiB gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor (2)
8.2 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 9.4 MiB ibus-ui-gtk3
7.6 MiB + 1.9 MiB = 9.5 MiB applet.py
9.1 MiB + 428.0 KiB = 9.5 MiB gvfsd-fuse (2)
8.6 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 9.6 MiB xfdesktop
6.1 MiB + 5.0 MiB = 11.1 MiB smbd (3)
6.1 MiB + 5.1 MiB = 11.3 MiB panel-1-whisker
7.9 MiB + 3.4 MiB = 11.3 MiB xfce4-terminal
12.5 MiB + 921.5 KiB = 13.4 MiB tumblerd
12.2 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 13.5 MiB gtk-redshift
13.5 MiB + 699.0 KiB = 14.2 MiB python3.4
12.3 MiB + 2.3 MiB = 14.6 MiB nm-applet
12.3 MiB + 3.9 MiB = 16.3 MiB blueman-applet
12.8 MiB + 5.9 MiB = 18.6 MiB Thunar
29.1 MiB + 6.3 MiB = 35.5 MiB Xorg [updated]
251.5 MiB + 31.8 MiB = 283.3 MiB firefox
273.3 MiB + 61.5 MiB = 334.8 MiB Web Content (2)
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1.0 GiB
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Warning: Swap is not reported by this system.See. I am not even close to the 2 gig of ram on this laptop. I am not doing and video editing though. Just a normal Linux session for a normal beginner Linux Lite User session running Firefox and XFCE < tons of addons in my xfce session>
The swap message above is because I run a SSD drive out of a older apple computer and I don't trust the drive to last with swap enabled.
Code:
harry@biker1:~$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for harry:
Model: ATA APPLE SSD SM128 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 121GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 9438MB 9437MB ext4
2 9438MB 121GB 112GB ext311-22-2017, 09:16 PM
(11-22-2017, 05:26 AM)JanetBiggar link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Moltke link=topic=4852.msg36823#msg36823 date=1511301290]
[quote author=then00b link=topic=4852.msg36795#msg36795 date=1511206138]
And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
[/quote]
Moltke a bunch of the computers I am working on have 2 GB RAM so given that the RAM is at the top end of the range “do I” or “don’t I” use zRAM to help performance..?
Thanks, Janet
[/quote]
i [member=7067]JanetBiggar[/member]
Well, like I said it's intended for machines with 2gb of RAM or less, in any case, I'd say go for it and if you don't get the desired results regarding performance improvement then you can simply deactivate it again. And lite tweaks tool says it's completely safe so you shouldn't be getting any side effects. Also, you'd want to read this post which might be of help on deciding whether to use zRAM or not in your particular case.
Hope this helps!
11-22-2017, 09:48 PM
(11-21-2017, 11:01 PM)then00b link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Moltke link=topic=4852.msg36823#msg36823 date=1511301290]
[quote author=then00b link=topic=4852.msg36795#msg36795 date=1511206138]
And what are the benefits of using it?
zRAM is intended for using in those machines with 2gb or less of RAM, actually you'd get better results and/or see any performance improvement with 1gb of RAM. If you have more than 2gb of RAM it doesn't worth the time since you won't see much of a difference regarding performance, in fact, and according to what I've read, you'd probably see a decrease of it.
Hope this helps!
[/quote]
Oh I see, I have 4GB on this laptop. So, using it will have no any effect?
[/quote]
hi [member=6081]then00b[/member]
My pc has 4gb of RAM too, when I first found the zRAM feature in Lite Tweaks tool in LL I also wondered whether to use it or not, after doing some reading about it I learned that apparently in my case as in yours with 4gb of RAM zRAM would make not difference if any at all. However, you could try and see how it goes, it's completely safe to use it so you shouldn't be getting any side effects from doing it, so I guess it's up to you. I haven't use it since I found LL pretty fast and quite responsive. I did activate preload, The benefit is that preloaded applications start more quickly because reading from the RAM is always quicker than from the hard drive. From the wikipedia: "preload is a free Linux program which runs as a daemon to record statistics about usage of files by more frequently-used programs. This information is then used to keep these files preloaded into memory. This results in faster application startup times as less data needs to be fetched from disk. preload is often paired with prelink." Also, you might want to read this article which I find particularly helpful when it comes to undestand that Linux is fast, however you can tweak here and there in order to get the responsiveness you're looking for.
Hope this helps!