# Have you tried RMagick 2.0.0 beta?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-you-tried-rmagick-2-0-0-beta/196453>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 3, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-you-tried-rmagick-2-0-0-beta/196453 "2007-09-03T16:56:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![timhunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@timhunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timhunter)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-you-tried-rmagick-2-0-0-beta/196453/1 "2007-09-03T16:56:54Z")

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The RMagick 2.0.0 beta release has been available for about a month now  
([http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=12](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=12)). If you’ve installed it please  
let me know what your experience has been. I need to hear from users who  
have had a successful experience before I feel okay about promoting this  
to production status. Post a note on the RMagick forum at RubyForge  
([http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group\_id=12](http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=12)) or drop me a line at rmagick  
AT rubyforge DOT org.

RMagick 2.0.0 contains two new features that help monitor and control  
memory usage:

1. The Magick.trace\_proc attribute establishes an exit for tracing  
Magick::Image object creation and destruction.
2. The Magick::Image.destroy! method allows you to selectively destroy  
unused images, freeing the memory they occupy and thereby mitigating the  
need to manually call GC.start.

The Release Notes and Change Log for RMagick 2.0.0 are at  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release\_id=13687](http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=13687).

Thanks!