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Running Ubuntu in USB but with a lot of RAM; how to run program from RAM? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu on a usb drive and run it with my laptop, which has over 10GB of ram. The system is rather slow. I would want to run some major programs like Chrome directly from RAM instead of the ...
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How can I use RAM storage for the /tmp directory and how to set a maximum amount of RAM usage for it?
After seeing the comment by Anonymous on this question: How is the /tmp directory cleaned up? I found it a great idea to implement on my system, since I have 16GB of RAM and I never used all of it.
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large tmpfs /run partition - must it be so big?
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 desktop on a couple of 8G RAM Wintel boxes. Both have been created automatically by the default installer with a 1.6GB tmpfs /run partition, where I suspect this amount of ...
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How can I make an existing persistant live USB installation load more of the OS to RAM?
A while back I installed (a permanent installation, not a Live USB) Ubuntu on my USB thumb drive. Unfortunately, the transfer rates are too slow for a smooth and responsive experience, so I'd like to ...
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tmpfs vs. ext4 ramdisk
I would like to know which of both is faster; a tmpfs or a ext4 ramdisk.
If someone knows a good way to benchmark disk perfomance on ubuntu, I will gladly do the test myself and post the results.
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Moving files to /dev/shm ramdisk doesn't increase RAM usage?
I've been wanting to make us of a ramdisk on my Ubuntu system for a while, and have done a bit of reading online. Most of the advice centres around using /dev/shm to move files into RAM.
I wanted to ...
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How to create RAM drive?
How do i create RAM drive under ubuntu. And would he automounted at startup?
