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From: kevin@balrog.ank.com (Kevin Smathers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux needs more work to be done!
Date: 5 Jul 1997 00:17:51 -0700
Organization: A&K Winery
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <5pksev$jr6@balrog.ank.com>
References: <5oqbad$1582@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>
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In article <5oqbad$1582@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>, <cjtan@acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
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!I have just put Linux to the ultimate memory management test: start up X and
!then start up a lot of small simple programs from there until the physical
!memory is filled up, then fill up the swap space too. In my case, I just
!started a lot of xterm and emacs. At one point, when you can't start any
!more programs, try to shutdown X. It is supposed to shutdown all the
!programs openned in X and then shutdown X, returning to the command line.
!But guess what happened: the machine freezes up! My question now is: is
!this a sign of good memory management? If you say that the processor is the
!one to be blamed, then what about the multitasking capability of Linux? Is
!there any way of bringing up a quickly that can kill off other programs like
!the NT Task Manager? I can't seem to find one in Linux.
Doctor doctor, it hurts when I run headlong into a brick wall, is this
a sign of poor physical condition.
Sorry, no, it is worse than that. This is a sign that you are a moron.
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