Top 10 List of Week 05

1. top command in Linux with Examples

This article tells us about the top command in Linux Operating Systems. The article explains all you need to know about the Table of Process interface.

2. How Virtual Memory Works

This article shows us how Virtual Memory works. The article gives examples with really small RAM capacity (in Mega Bytes) compare to RAM these days which got me thinking about how far technology had advanced.

3. Demand Paging in OS (Operating System): Examples, Advantages, Working

This article tells us about what Demand Paging is. The article is quite complete, including examples, illustrations, advantages and disadvantages, and many more.

4. Difference between Demand Paging and Segmentation

This article tells us what makes Demand Paging and Segmentation different. The article includes a table to summarize the difference between the two.

5. Memory Thrashing in Operating System

This article shows us what Memory Thrashing is. The explanation in the article is easy to understand with illustrations for us to better understand.

6. Techniques to handle Thrashing

This article tells us about how to handle Memory Thrashing. The explanation in the article is easy to understand with illustrations for us to better understand.

7. Turn a USB Flash Drive into Extra Virtual RAM

This article shows us how to turn a USB Drive to a Virtual RAM for your computer. The article includes a step-by-step instruction to better help you on the task.

8. How Much RAM Does Windows Actually Need?

After trying to get as low as RAM possible on Debian, I got curious of how low of memory can you give a Windows machine. This video answered my curiosity by doing something similar to what I do to get as low RAM possible in Debian. The video also tested on various Windows versions to know how much Windows had improved overtime.

9. SoftRAM - The Story of the Incredible RAM Doubling Scam (A Retrospective)

This video tells us about a software scam happened back in 1995 that claimed to “double the memory” of a computer without actually getting more physical RAM. What the software actually do is increase the page file of virtual memory, which you can do for free without the software.

10. Buddy System - Memory allocation technique

This article shows us about the Buddy System Memory Allocation in Operating Systems. The explanation in the article is easy to understand with illustrations for us to better understand.