Author Topic: What is the minimal RAM required for Peppermint OS to work acceptably? >SOLVED< (Read 17060 times)

AndyInMokum · « **Reply #45 on:** August 04, 2015, 02:22:10 pm »

Hi paulus, I'll let into something that's top secret. I'm English

!! I've been permanently living in Amsterdam since 2006. You're from Hoofddorp, so we are neighbours. Thanks for the compliment though

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paulus · « **Reply #46 on:** August 04, 2015, 02:31:57 pm »

Hi AndyInAmsterdam

,

I've found a new (nick)name for you, but don't feel obliged to use it! $:-\$

I was already jealous, because of your excellent knowledge of English, because I can't keep up with you!

But by confession you're English: you made my dag!

Thank you very, very much!

paulus

AndyInMokum · « **Reply #47 on:** August 04, 2015, 04:05:51 pm »

Quote from: paulus on August 04, 2015, 02:31:57 pm

Hi AndyInAmsterdam ,

I've found a new (nick)name for you, but don't feel obliged to use it! $:-\$

I was already jealous, because of your excellent knowledge of English, because I can't keep up with you!

But by confession you're English: you made my dag!

Thank you very, very much!

paulus

!!

Slim.Fatz · « **Reply #48 on:** August 04, 2015, 04:17:01 pm »

Quote from: AndyInMokum on August 04, 2015, 02:22:10 pm

Hi paulus, I'll let into something that's top secret. I'm English !!.

A-HA !! I always knew that something about AndyInMokum was suspicious! Now we have it !!

Regards,

-- Slim

paulus · « **Reply #49 on:** August 08, 2015, 10:42:00 am »

Quote from: paulus on August 04, 2015, 12:59:07 pm

@VinDSL,
Thank you for your reaction! I see that your swappiness is set to 10.

@AndyInMokum,
Thanks for replying! According to your advice I dropped my swappiness to 1, and till now I didn't have any problems with that. I notice that my memory level is higher than before, but that's just the goal of it: to put more in memory in stead of swapping to the HDD all the time!

I continue to work with this 1-level and if there are remarkable things that show up, I will let know here.

As I wrote I would let know if something showed up, well, it did.

As I updated Thunderbird, and put some add-ons to it, it really stuck and the whole system became so unresponsive that I had to wait several minutes to become responsive again, only by closing every running program. My CPU monitor was on 100% all the time.

I know the cause was Thunderbird, but this kind of absence of a working machine had much to do with the swappiness of 1. So I changed it to 5, and now I just experiment with this amount, in order to see if this is a better number in my situation.

Till now it is just fine, so I guess swappiness of 5 is a good compromise and literately the (rounded) average of 1 and 10.

paulus

AndyInMokum · « **Reply #50 on:** August 08, 2015, 11:25:33 am »

Quote from: paulus on August 08, 2015, 10:42:00 am

Quote from: paulus on August 04, 2015, 12:59:07 pm
@VinDSL,
Thank you for your reaction! I see that your swappiness is set to 10.

@AndyInMokum,
Thanks for replying! According to your advice I dropped my swappiness to 1, and till now I didn't have any problems with that. I notice that my memory level is higher than before, but that's just the goal of it: to put more in memory in stead of swapping to the HDD all the time!

I continue to work with this 1-level and if there are remarkable things that show up, I will let know here.

As I wrote I would let know if something showed up, well, it did.

As I updated Thunderbird, and put some add-ons to it, it really stuck and the whole system became so unresponsive that I had to wait several minutes to become responsive again, only by closing every running program. My CPU monitor was on 100% all the time.

I know the cause was Thunderbird, but this kind of absence of a working machine had much to do with the swappiness of 1. So I changed it to 5, and now I just experiment with this amount, in order to see if this is a better number in my situation.

Till now it is just fine, so I guess swappiness of 5 is a good compromise and literately the (rounded) average of 1 and 10.

paulus

Cool, I guess that 5 is your sweet spot

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paulus · « **Reply #51 on:** August 08, 2015, 12:07:12 pm »

Hi AndyInMokum,

I guess it is! I just have to experiment with it, and see how my Peppermint will deal with another memory hog.

Thanks again; so you "survived" the exposure?! $:-\$ Well, I'm glad you did, not in the first place for being such a good guide!

paulus

AndyInMokum · « **Reply #52 on:** August 08, 2015, 01:31:03 pm »

Oh yes, my secret is out

. It's almost one of those Scheveningen moments

. Yup, Thunderbird is one greedy, grunt pig when it comes to memory usage. That's why I don't use it. It's a Gmail SSB for me

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10i · « **Reply #53 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:57:29 am »

Quote from: AndyInMokum on August 08, 2015, 01:31:03 pm

Oh yes, my secret is out . It's almost one of those Scheveningen moments . Yup, Thunderbird is one greedy, grunt pig when it comes to memory usage. That's why I don't use it. It's a Gmail SSB for me .

I haven't used a desktop email client in a long while. Too many emails and they tend to slow down terribly.

Gmail or Hotmail is better IMHO. At least we have options for those wanting it. I just can't recommend it.

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VinDSL · « **Reply #54 on:** August 14, 2015, 06:59:35 pm »

Quote from: 10i on August 10, 2015, 08:57:29 am

I haven't used a desktop email client in a long while. Too many emails and they tend to slow down terribly.

Just use an IMAP client (like Thunderbird) - subscribe to whichever folders you want - and download the headers only. Also, set it up to delete emails immediately, e.g. don't send them to 'trash'.

Flies like the wind !!!

10i · « **Reply #55 on:** August 16, 2015, 02:16:04 am »

It looks doable, but at this point I find it easier to go to www.gmail.com or to use ICE.

I have had mayor trouble with imap, as my Internet connection is not always stable.

My primary method of checking mail is on my Android phone.

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