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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that rule of thumb is obsolete, and that 256 MB of swap is more than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

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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? =
<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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that rule of thumb is obsolete, and that 256 MB of swap is more than =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.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Thanks!<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Mark Phillips<o:p></o:p>

Phillips Marketing, =
Inc.<o:p></o:p>

602 =
524-0376 office<o:p></o:p>

480 945-9197 fax<o:p></o:p>

mark@phillipsmarketing.biz<o:p></o:p></fo=
nt>

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