> How does one do that?

ln -fs /dev/null Memory.log

	The major drawback with this simple workaround is that you have to
create such a symlink in each and every directory where you run povray.

> But does it also solve the
> resource use issue (render speed)

	Shot answer: no.
	Long answer: the Debian build includes in particular some code
that checks memory access (and also makes memory usage larger).  This
and other things will slow down rendering.  I never did any serious
testing though, and the slowdown could be in the order of a few percent
only.  OTOH, especially with fast renders, without writing the Memory.log
file to disk (as proposed above) could also somewhat reduce the slowdown.
But in the end you'd better live with a binary that contains no debug code
at all.

or am I better off getting an official
> version?

	Yes.  Or even better: build your own.  Especially if your machine
is built around a SSE2-compatible CPU.

	- NC

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