Suggestion for measuring with cold cache:
# first, drop all caches echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches # restart gnome-panel and nautilus to reload most of GNOME/gvfs/GTK/libc/etc bits back into cache: nautilus -q setsid gnome-panel --replace
Suggestion for measuring with cold cache:
# first, drop all caches vm/drop_ caches GTK/libc/ etc bits back into cache:
echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/
# restart gnome-panel and nautilus to reload most of GNOME/gvfs/
nautilus -q
setsid gnome-panel --replace