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kaitlin

[cave johnson voice]

Oh, in case you got a swapfile on a zstd compressed btrfs partition, here's some advice the lab boys gave me: DO NOT make a swapfile on an zstd compressed btrfs partition.

We haven't entirely nailed down what it is yet, but I'll tell you this: it's a lively one, and it does NOT like the desktop environment.

7 August at 5:27 | Open on wetdry.world
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persephone
@thememesniper swap in a file? i thought that was just a windows thing
7 August at 5:39 | Open on akkoma.kawaiizenbo.me
Niko :neofox_flag_nb_256: :neofox_flag_trans_256:

@thememesniper i'm so happy i just made my swap inside an encrypted LVM

7 August at 5:39 | Open on furry.engineer
GlitchyXP

@thememesniper this just makes me want to try it

7 August at 5:40 | Open on wetdry.world
kaitlin

@glitchy404 your memory will fill and then something will be killed

usually the DE

7 August at 5:41 | Open on wetdry.world
Cal Alaera

@thememesniper My google-fu is lacking in this brave new world of AI slop. I'm pretty new to Linux and I do have a swapfile on an encrypted btrfs partition. Seems to be working OK though. Should I be worried? If so, what should I do, please?

#AskMastodon #Linux

7 August at 5:53 | Open on kind.social
kaitlin

@Cal this might actually be more of an issue with btrfs' zstd compression option, if your system is stable then carry on

7 August at 5:55 | Open on wetdry.world
Cal Alaera

@thememesniper Alrighty, thanks! :)

7 August at 5:55 | Open on kind.social
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