Browsing better on USB linux persist systemsan
Ok so say you have cracked your head open trying to get a linux distro to persist on your flash drive and finally got it working. Everything works like it’s supposed to, becausie it’s w. It acts like a real (slow) desktop save for a few limitations with the disk.
However: there’s one problem with it: when you browse the internet, it uses a cache folder inside of the usb drive. This is very bad; It writes all of the websites to the ‘disk’, then deletes them when you clear your temporary files. It happens again and again and again until your usbstik is completely worn out and useless.
So it turns out that debian based (all?) distros automatically mount a dynamically-sized temp partition in your RAM on startup. This simply means that the system allocates it’s own piece of space in Computer X’s memory for applications to use. Since it is memory inside of a computer, it can be reused many, many more times than a usb drive’s memory can.
If we set firefox to store it’s temporary data inside of that RAM partition, it will make the life of the usb drive longer and also speed up page rendering. Fortunately, the process for doing that is fast and easy.
Note: This is not just for usb drives. You can also do this on regular computers.
Ok, enough useless explenation:
Go to firefox in your linuxbox (if you aren’t already in it) and push ctrl+t to make a new tab. In that new tab, type ‘about:config’ in the urlbar. We really don’t care about firefox’s warranty, since it’s open source. (; Click the button to continue. This brings you to the advanced settings menu for firefox. Right click some place that’s empty and go ‘New>String.’ Call the string ‘browser.cache.disk.parent_directory’ ( Minus quotes, of course. ) Store the data ‘/dev/shm’ (where the temp partition is mounted, usually) in the string, then restart firefox. Now it’s saving its cache in the temp partition. You’re all set!
Food tastes better if it's free
A beta bag of ‘Chocolate-Turtle flavoured Chex Mix’ appears to be offered for free at the companys reputable website.
Who knows how long the offer will last. Anyway, here’s the link.
IDK why. Mrs. Crocker just seems so personal. She even asks you for your salutation on the reg. page. Probably so that she can personally hand-type a unique note out to you to send along with your *-=totally free=-* chex mix. 
Be wary of offers like this on strange websites. There have been many reports that other less know sites aren’t as trustworthy, making their money by selling your info to advertisers. Be sure to read up thoroughly and use your common sense on this kind of website before getting involved with any of them.
But come on. Betty Crocker wants to give us free food. How can you possibly resist?
*-=_HAPPY NEW YEAR!_=-*
Inevitable fail. x__x
Of course, just exactly at 11:58 P.M. my xserver has to crash and I end up having to restart it, forcing Firefox to close, and thereby losing my place on the time.gov server. By the time Firefox finally came up, it was 20 seconds ’till and the server was overloaded. All I got was this lousy screenie.
+_+
Happy new year 2009.
I’m gonna go try get some sleep. Good morning.
