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  • Re: zramctl

    From andy5995@1:105/44 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Sep 9 02:27:15 2026
    Maurice Kinal wrote to andy5995 on 09/04/2026 15:27 <=-

    Hey andy5995!

    <Esc>:read !/usr/sbin/zramctl --version
    zramctl from util-linux 2.42.2

    <Esc>:read !/usr/sbin/zramctl --help

    Usage:
    zramctl [options] <device>
    zramctl -r <device> [...]
    zramctl [options] -f | <device> -s <size>

    Set up and control zram devices.

    Options:
    -a, --algorithm <alg> compression algorithm to use

    Maurice... you found a new toy that interests you then?


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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.53423 to andy5995 on Wed Sep 9 14:07:10 2026
    Hey andy5995!

    Maurice... you found a new toy that interests you then?

    That can and does happen. In this case I am finding tmpfs much more useful to me given the ram I have at my disposal. Compression would only slow things down. However, now that zramctl is on my radar, it is on the todo list. :-)

    Life is good,
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  • From andy5995@1:105/44 to Maurice Kinal on Sat Sep 12 21:01:43 2026
    Maurice Kinal wrote to andy5995 on 09/09/2026 14:07 <=-

    Hey andy5995!

    Maurice... you found a new toy that interests you then?

    That can and does happen. In this case I am finding tmpfs much more useful to me given the ram I have at my disposal. Compression would
    only slow things down. However, now that zramctl is on my radar, it is
    on the todo list. :-)

    Sounds like a fair shake. :)

    I left you a message in another echo, because I didn't know which one to put it in. It was about tith (This isn't That Hard)

    https://github.com/RealDeuce/tith

    TITH is a modern store-and-forward protocol for FidoNet Technology Networks. >It combines a small set of versioned standards with a Rust reference mailer, >with the goal of making secure FTN transport straightforward to implement and >interoperate with.

    The project starts from a deliberately simple premise: define one canonical >representation, authenticate every peer and payload, and keep legacy >conversion at an explicit boundary instead of carrying historical ambiguity >into the native protocol.

    I don't know if that would interest you or not, but thought there was a chance it would...


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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to andy5995 on Sun Sep 13 20:56:55 2026
    Hej andy5995!

    https://github.com/RealDeuce/tith

    Took a looksee. Thank you for the tip.

    I don't know if that would interest you or not, but thought there
    was a chance it would...

    Sort of. I can already do most of what tith is advertising EXCEPT I don't have a need for rust, other than I have it for compiling firefox. The bash scripts currently can handle all the phoney-baloney formats including Type 2+ pkt headers, which puts me far ahead wrt any compatibilty issues, especially considering backwards compatibility. ;-)

    Good to know but from my perspective I didn't see anything of any real value there. Also, while I am at it, viewing github with a text browser really, really sucks. They should be ashamed of themselves. ;-)

    I left you a message in another echo

    Which one? I don't subscribe to many but am willing to adjust if and when there is a need.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

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