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Preload Drastically Boosts Linux Performance

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-in-line-early dept.

Nemilar writes "Preload is a Linux daemon that stores commonly-used libraries and binaries in memory to speed up access times, similar to the Windows Vista SuperFetch function. This article examines Preload and gives some insight into how much performance is gained for its total resource cost, and discusses basic installation and configuration to get you started."

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  1. Re:Hope... by ZekeSpeak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux is fast in the server space, and perhaps in the CLI, sometimes, but for anything else, there's a reason the linux on the desktop enthusiasts are refered to as hobbists. s/hobbists/hobbits/
  2. Re:But I thought Vista doing it = RAM hogging? by dbIII · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux handles having lots of RAM a lot better than Windows (XP) does, because of differences in the way the caching system was designed

    It's also due to linux (and just about everything else including MS Server 2003) correctly supporting the Pentium Pro and later processors. With the 64 bit versions the 2GB ceiling vanishes - but with 32 bit Vista the ceiling is far too close to the floor in my opinion.