Ubuntu Linux Considers Greater Usage Of zRAM

[droste]

What? [minimum length achieved]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

[bridgman]

Yeah, strictly speaking a gigabyte is 10^^9, not 2^^30, although it gets used both ways. The term "gibibyte" (BInary GIgaBYTE presumably) is being promoted for the 2^^20 definition.

That feels wrong somehow, although I guess "you know what I mean" isn't a good foundation for a technical standard

[GreatEmerald]

for those with modern computers having several Gigabytes of system memory.

Nitpick: memory size is typically calculated in gibibytes, not gigabytes. Otherwise you'd have to say "I have 8.4 GB of RAM!".

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu Linux Considers Greater Usage Of zRAM

Ubuntu developers and users have brought back up the matter of zRAM and using it as part of the default Ubuntu Linux installation in some intelligent manner...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTI0NjQ