Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[glene77is]

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Some Background:
(a) I use a DELL 2001 desk-top computer, 1G RAM, 3G CPU speed,
and ALL Linux code is booted from and kept on Flash-Drives.
Hard Drives are removed.
This has provided excellent physical portability and physical security
for the entire time since I switched from M$XP systems.
(b) Installation is via copying required "frugal" files from the .ISO
onto the target USB flashdrive media ,
and modifying the Grub4Dos coded menu.lst to pick-up kernel and initrd.
This simple process has worked flawlessly for Puppy, Ubuntu, Knoppix,
etc. , so I have never had to use a supplied "installer" since the beginning.
(c) Automatic-System-Saves to User-Save-File is always disabled.
A System-Save icon is vividly posted on the screen.
Shut-Down AskToSave timeout is changed to 6 seconds.
This provides some security from internet/browser malware activity.
This provides some security from my own mucking/testing of BASH.


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Statement of Question:

(a) Puppy derivatives always have a little resource indicator icon,
the "System-Bar-Graph" next to the date.
What is it monitoring?

(b) Puppy derivatives always have a little resource icon ,
the "Green-Cylinder" indicator, on the bottom of screen.
What is it monitoring?

(c) I am Running puppy-Widget with a "Widget-Ram-Bar" Indicator,
What is it monitoring?


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Note:

These "RAM" indicators seldom, if ever, match during a work session.

For example,
When I run a commercial SPICE simulator via browser,
(1) then the Widget-Ram-Bar is mostly accurate.
(2) then the System-Bar-Graph is accurate.
(3) then the Green-Cylinder is not accurate.
(4) then I must monitor the CPU Usage Indicator to avoid a Lock-Up.

Sometimes, but not always,
the Green-Cylinder will go RED,
over-riding any other indicator,
and the system "must be rebooted to clear RAM" comes up in "red".

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Hats-Off to the very talented Barry Kauler
for his very original Puppy Linux distro !

[perdido]

[musher0]

Hello, glene77is.

You asked:
> (c) I am Running puppy-Widget with a "Widget-Ram-Bar" Indicator,
What is it monitoring?

If you mean the ram-bar like the one in this picture:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=249211&sort=lastpost#249211
(the picture is a bit down zigbert's post),

Very simply put, it is indicating your available RAM, on a bar, without any numbers
or percentages.

If it is close to the left, (in other words if you have lots of empty space in the bar)
your computer is not using much RAM. Conversely, if it is close to the right, (in other
words if you have a lot of white), your computer is using a lot of RAM.

IHTH. BFN.

[greengeek]