preload

preload is an adaptive readahead daemon for Linux OSes.
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Behdad Esfahbod
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://behdad.org/

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preload is an adaptive readahead daemon for Linux OSes. preload is an adaptive readahead daemon for Linux OSes. It monitors applications that users run, and by analyzing this data, predicts what applications users might run, and fetches those binaries and their dependencies into memory for faster startup times.preload runs as a daemon and gathers information about processes running onthe system and shared-objects that they use. This information is saved in afile to keep across runs of preload.Running:The easiest way to run preload is by using the provided initscript. If youuse the RPM package, you should be fine, otherwise you may need to manuallyadd the service and enable it, by running commands like: /sbin/chkconfig --add preloadLet preload run for a couple of boots before expecting it to predict thatmuch. Technically, you need to run any application at least two timesbefore preload starts predicting it.What's New in This Release:· Proof that I'm an idiot.· Make state parsing work again.


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