Messages in this thread | | | From | teamwork@freemail ... | Subject | Re: Out Of Memory in v. 2.1 | Date | Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:38:08 GMT |
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Matthew said:
"There's already too many operating systems in major use today that take the assumption that the computer is smarter than the person using it. No matter how right that assumption sometimes is, it shouldn't be done. It makes the computer a reliance or a necessity rather than a tool doing a job. It certainly doesn't make the user any smarter."
Very well said.
If we put it back to the Linux context, I think the OOM killer (either from Rik or Andreas) may still be useful for some, and I think the implementation of OOM killer ought to be available as an elective,
ie. The OOM killer be available as a toggle -able function on kernel compile time,
or Available as an add-on module (or daemon).
Regards, Pete teamwork@freemail.c3.hu
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