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This is neat, but nothing new. I remember using this builtin feature on live distros like Slax and DSL over a decade ago. It was fun to see old computers run (c
by iguessthislldo 7y ago
This is neat, but nothing new. I remember using this builtin feature on live distros like Slax and DSL over a decade ago. It was fun to see old computers run (comparably) blazingly fast.
- Spivak 7y agoThe new thing is that it can be just be switched on/off on an existing install. Sure people have been running distros from ram for a while but getting the tooling situated to make it like any other feature it super cool.
- vanderZwan 7y ago> The new thing is that it can be just be switched on/off on an existing install. Is that only true for Arch, or is that also working on other distros?
- FireBeyond 7y agoThe Amiga was able to create a "Recoverable RAM Disk" that survived reboots, back in the early 80s: https://grimore.org/amiga/rad https://grimore.org/amiga/rad