Ram defrag in UBUNTU

[accessys at smart.net]

I often tell people the basic difference in the concept of how linux works 
vs windows is

windows is like the Goodyear blimp all in one big package
linux is like the carnival vendor with a big bunch of balloons lots of 
small programs each doing one thing. you pick the ones you need for each 
job and the rest just sit there and wait.

if you get a hole in the blimp the whole system goes down.
get a hole in a single balloon and the rest just keep going.

not exact but easy to understand

Bob



On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:01:01 +0100
> From: Amedee Van Gasse <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Ram defrag in UBUNTU
> 
> On 28-12-09 13:00, Melissa Lane wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone knew how to defrag the RAM or knew of a program
>> that works in UBUNTU to defrag RAM. I used to use System Mechanic Pro on
>> Windows for all that stuff but it isnt available for LINUX
>
> If you think that you are beter at memory management than your computer,
> you can try the following commands:
>
> sudo swapoff -a
> sudo swapon -a
>
> This forces the kernel to clear all swap memory.
> Just like RAM defrag, it is utterly pointless, but at least you have the
> idea that your computer is obeying your commands.
>
>
>
> I have looked at the feature set of System Mechanic, and I can give you
> the following Linux alternatives:
>
> Improve startup: the Linux devs are doing this for you, with every new
> release. The new event-driven bootup system, Upstart, is a big
> improvement. So you don't need that.
>
> Optimize registry: Linux doesn't have a registry, so not needed
>
> Delete junk files: Bleachbit
>
> Tune automagically: not needed, the Linux kernel does that for you
>
> Protect your system: at the time of writing, there are no known Linux
> viruses in the wild. Ubuntu Linux comes with a firewall.
>
>
> Is there anything else that you need? Please describe in detail what you
> are missing and we will explain what the alternatives are, or why you
> don't need it.
>
> You should also know that Linux follows the principle of "do only one
> thing, and do that good". System Mechanic is a very complex program that
> does a lot of different things that are totally unrelated. It's one
> program that tries to do 10 things. On Linux you would have 10 different
> programs that do only one thing.
>
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