[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux counter to Vista

[Fred James]

Dennis Myhand wrote:

>Fred James wrote:
>  
>
>>A friend off line suggested that the memory is needed "to enable all of 
>>the DRM protection stuff to run unfettered"
>>Regards
>>Fred James
>>(what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away - and then some)
>>
>>    
>>
>One of the reasons from the piece on Slashdot was this, "One reason: 
>SuperFetch, which fetches applications and data, and feeds them into RAM 
>to make them accessible more quickly."  Sort of makes you glad for the 
>concept of "Do one thing, and ONLY one thing, and do it well."  Peace, 
>Dennis
>  
>
Dennis Myhand
Ah ... feeding the crowd that never closes an application?  I only have 
1 GB memory on a laptop running MDK 9.1 and the only real slowdowns I 
experience (even with many apps open) is when some network hog gets 
going - of course that is subjective (i.e., from the user's point of view).
Regards
Fred James