Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:28:10 +1100 | From | Matthew Hawkins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] OOM killer API (was: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler) |
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On 2000-10-11 12:48:54 -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > No way should a desktop user be responsible for micro-managing the > resource usage of his applications.
That's right. The systems administrator should, and will set appropriate limits for users on his/her system that apply from login.
This is how the systems I first used were configured (lucky me had a damn fine sysadmin), and so this is how I configure mine.
> The only thing that knows what's right for Netscape is Netscape.
I would disagree with this, I believe this is exactly the root of people's problems with Netscape (and the same theory should apply to other apps). The application doesn't know what's _right_ - it knows what it _wants_. Big difference.
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