* Preload: the Linux SuperFetch/PreBinding Equivalent
posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 25th Feb 2008 20:11 UTC, submitted by Nemilar
IconPreload is a Linux daemon that stores commonly-used libraries and binaries in memory to speed up access times; similar to Windows Vista's SuperFetch function. This article looks at Preload and gives some insight into how much performance is gained for its total resource cost.
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