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Apr 01 15:01:24 <ronni> anyone has any tips as to how to lower the amount of used memory on an NSLU2 running debian etch?
Apr 01 15:02:15 <Reedy_Boy> Whats packages are running? As if you have a lot of un-needed, thats a place to start
Apr 01 15:06:38 <mwester> ronni: run SlugOS.
Apr 01 15:08:40 <ronni> with a debian install + samba, memory was 29/32    maybe it was even using virtual memory... it's a lot
Apr 01 15:09:05 <ronni> the problem is knowing which services need to be turned off
Apr 01 15:09:20 <ronni> I wish I can run SlugOS
Apr 01 15:09:51 <ronni> but it doesn't have all the packages that debian has, if there is a certain package I want to try out, debian would probably have it and I can quickly run apt-get and grab it
Apr 01 15:16:35 <mwester> Specifically, what stats are you concerned about.  Modern operating systems will never have unused memory; unused memory is wasted.
Apr 01 15:16:59 <ronni> ahhh
Apr 01 15:17:20 <ronni> I understand.. it uses up all the memory and then it manages it for the running apps..
Apr 01 15:17:48 <mwester> What's not required for running software is allocated for disk buffers.
Apr 01 15:17:59 <ronni> ahhh.. I understand
Apr 01 15:18:14 <mwester> the "free" command details some of this; check the man page for "free" to get a better idea what the number mean.
Apr 01 15:18:18 <ronni> Is there a way to know how much real memory was allocated to user/system apps?
Apr 01 15:18:21 <ronni> thank you
Apr 01 15:18:25 <ronni> I'll check it out
Apr 01 15:18:53 <mwester> Basically, you're not in trouble until you start swapping.  Anything else is usually ok.
Apr 01 15:22:24 <ronni> does anyone else notice the nslu2-linux wiki goes down a lot?
Apr 01 15:23:12 <mwester> It's a feature.  It's designed to encourage people to commit the wiki to memory.  ;)
Apr 01 15:26:50 <ronni> hehe
Apr 01 19:41:36 <jelle> does unslung also have a .recovery in the root after things went wrong?
Apr 01 19:47:45 <drasch> hey all
Apr 01 20:13:42 <mwester> jelle: no
Apr 01 20:14:06 <mwester> The linksys code handles all that; and basically it just refuses to mount the partition so you end up booting from flash if it goes wrong.
Apr 01 20:34:07 <jelle> ok
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