Possible inclusion of zram-config on default install

[John Moser]

On 12/07/2012 05:44 PM, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> -1. I am not on a netbook and even my laptop have 12gb of Ram.  It
> would be nice if Ubuntu did detect your ram and decide but not force
> it on people like me who aren't memory constrained.
>

In an abundant memory situation, the device is set up and sits idle 
consuming zero CPU resources and a few pages of RAM.  As memory is not 
constrained, the few pages of RAM are negligible.  Extremely.

> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Fabio Pedretti <fabio.ped at libero.it> wrote:
>> It would be nice if Ubuntu could include zram-config by default. This package
>> set up compressed RAM swap space and can lower RAM requirements for running and
>> installing Ubuntu. It should be a win for every configuration. Since kernel 3.8
>> the zram module is out of staging, I am using it since precise with no problem.
>>
>> The bug request is here:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/+bug/381059
>>
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