/g/ - Run more of the OS in RAM - Technology

Anonymous

Run more of the OS in RAM 04/22/24(Mon)18:24:16 No.100136229

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Run more of the OS in RAM Anonymous 04/22/24(Mon)18:24:16 No.100136229 Archived

So basically, is there a Linux Distro that runs most of the OS in the RAM without having to load much from the disk (besides booting etc...)? Alternatively, can you tweak Windows to load more of the OS into the RAM?

I'm asking because I want to rely on HDDs for my system partitions and I have plenty of RAM too. Though I have noticed that most stock desktop environments and modern Windows operating systems run like crap on hard drives. I don't care about the bootup time or clogged up RAM modules -> I only want smooth performance on HDDs.

Anonymous
04/22/24(Mon)18:36:25 No.100136405

Anonymous 04/22/24(Mon)18:36:25 No.100136405

>>100136229
Every OS already does this. I've never noticed a difference in system performance between HDDs and SSDs after the system is booted. Application start times will be different of course, but that's not the OS.

Anonymous
04/22/24(Mon)18:36:57 No.100136409

Anonymous 04/22/24(Mon)18:36:57 No.100136409

there's a flag you can turn on to force linux to run entirely in ram