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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Extension requests => Topic started by: netnomad on February 20, 2012, 07:02:58 AM

Title: libreoffice 3.5 - scm extension request
Post by: netnomad on February 20, 2012, 07:02:58 AM

such a big package like libreoffice could be i my opinion a perfect scm-candidate!?
on one side i can load on demand libreoffice, when i need it occasionally.
on the other side i could umount this huge memory-killer after the usage, when there is no further need in that session and then there is the benefit that memory is freed.

am i right with my evaluation or do you see other aspects in this context?

thank you for your reply or your help to provide a libreoffice.scm.

Title: Re: libreoffice 3.5 - scm extension request
Post by: curaga on February 20, 2012, 10:07:46 AM

The overhead of just a mount is some kb (~24kb IIRC). So unmounting a libreoffice scm would only free that.

A tcz is of course more than a mount, it's the links too.

Title: Re: libreoffice 3.5 - scm extension request
Post by: Rich on February 20, 2012, 10:16:53 AM

Hi netnomad
If you install a package using the default method of loop mounting, it uses very little RAM. While I'm not certain,
I believe I remember reading on the forum once that it is about 200 bytes per mount point. So figuring about
60 dependencies that's about 12K. While the program may suck up RAM when you run it, once you close it
that RAM is once again made available to the memory manager.

Title: Re: libreoffice 3.5 - scm extension request
Post by: Jason W on February 20, 2012, 11:32:34 AM

Netnomad -

I also think a large package like an office suite would be a good self contained candidate, I will look into a package.  But for scm requests lets open a topic in the scm area.