This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3D9F4.819689C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I installed Debian unstable on my laptop it had 128 MB of RAM. I am planning to add 512MB of RAM (total of 640 MB). Do I need to increase my swap space? Right now I have 256MB of swap (I think) based on the old rule of thumb where swap = 2 X Physical Memory. However, I have read that nowadays that rule of thumb is obsolete, and that 256 MB of swap is more than enough for most applications. I run KDE, Java development tools (Netbeans, HTML editors, image editors, etc.), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache and Tomcat on my laptop. Thanks! Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. 602 524-0376 office 480 945-9197 fax mark@phillipsmarketing.biz ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3D9F4.819689C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

When I installed Debian = unstable on my laptop it had 128 MB of RAM. I am planning to add 512MB of RAM = (total of 640 MB). Do I need to increase my swap space? =

 

Right now I have 256MB of swap (I think) based on the = old rule of thumb where swap =3D 2 X Physical Memory. However, I have read that = nowadays that rule of thumb is obsolete, and that 256 MB of swap is more than = enough for most applications. I run KDE, Java development tools (Netbeans, HTML editors, image editors, etc.), MySQL, = PostgreSQL,  Apache and Tomcat on my = laptop.

 

Thanks!

 

Mark Phillips

Phillips Marketing, = Inc.

602 = 524-0376 office

480 945-9197 fax

mark@phillipsmarketing.biz

 

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