@drewdevault I don’t use swap! Really, with modern...

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@drewdevault I don’t use swap! Really, with modern systems, what’s the point? If I run out of 16 GB memory running 4 applications, I have other problems.

Browsers are pigs, though. Never thought a styled text display programme would be the biggest drain on performance. Then again, the browser is the computer.

Like 6 April at 10:09 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.social

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Drew DeVault

@ttmevans swap is not extra RAM

6 April at 10:11 | Open on fosstodon.org

Richard Levitte

@drewdevault @ttmevans
True, but @ttmevans' point is still valid, if the RAM you have is enough to support what you do, swap is superfluous

6 April at 11:48 | Open on mastodon.nu

Drew DeVault

@levitte @ttmevans keep in mind that RAM is also used as a caché. There's no reason to keep idle pages in RAM when they could be used for cache

6 April at 12:24 | Open on fosstodon.org

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