There are two solutions to the out-of-memory problem. First, you can simply allow RSSOwlnix to use more memory and so it will be less likely that you see the problem again. And second, you can change RSSOwlnix’s (RSSOwl in Windows) settings to perform better and use less memory.
Please follow these steps to assign more memory to RSSOwlnix (RSSOwl in Windows) :
Close RSSOwlnix (RSSOwl in Windows)
Open RSSOwlnix.ini (RSSOwl.ini in Windows) in the installation directory of RSSOwlnix (RSSOwl in Windows – C:\Program Files (x86)\RSSOwl)
Find the line – Xmx192m
This line configures RSSOwlnix to use a maximum of 192MB of memory
Change the line to a higher value, e.g. – Xmx512m (Prefer Xmx1024m in Windows)
Start RSSOwlnix (RSSOwl in Windows).
And second, if RSSOwl is consuming too much memory and suddenly crashes while using it, here are some tricks how to optimize RSSOwl for minimal memory use:
- Frequently run the Clean-Up wizard with the options enabled to improve application performance and search performance (Tools | Clean Up)
- Configure Clean-Up options to delete old news (Tools | Preferences | Feeds | Clean Up)
- Limit the number of opened tabs (Tools | Preferences | View)
- Configure your news filters to match on specific feeds instead of folders
- Enable filters to only show relevant news (View | Filter News)
- Use newspaper or headlines layout with pagination (View | Layout)
- Make use of Saved Searches (see below)
- Always have the latest supported version of Java installed (see changelog.md)
The clever use of saved searches can be the key to a fast RSSOwlnix especially when you have thousands of news and feeds:
- Create a saved search per feed or folder you are often reading
- Configure the search to only match on new, unread and updated news
- Use the saved searches as usual to read your news
This makes RSSOwlnix perform well even if you are one of those that want to keep every news ever downloaded in RSSOwlnix.