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Prelinking Program Libraries

This makes software programs aware of libraries it might need so memory is better allocated. It can boost startup times, some say by 50%.

   apt-get install prelink

Next edit the prelink file:

   gedit /etc/default/prelink 
   Change PRELINKING=unknown to PRELINKING=yes

Save and exit. Now do a prelink system scan:

   prelink -a

Ignore any error output. When installed prelink is added as a daily cron job. Any new programs will be automatically prelinked.

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