You're the man, freemangordon! Running compcache with 128MB disksize, xterm, microb, contacts, conversations, fapman, and LibreOffice running. It doesn't explode anymore! Some things get laggy under high load though (such as CSSU's tactile) and the UI. Music playback is OK. BTW, my 512MB swap partition which used to reach 160 MB under this load now contains a bit more than 7MB. Magical! EDIT: Unfortunately, while stable enough for me, it sends CPU usage to high hell. 100% most of the time, running at 250-600MHz btw.