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RAM??? Let use GDrive as swap (lemm.ee)
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[–] marcos 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Linux doesn't wait for you to be out of memory to swap-out pages.

[–] NorthWestWind 12 points 5 months ago

You can set swappiness to 0

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Oh, my bad! Goes to show I'm not familiar enough with the workings of swap space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's true for most people talking about swap online.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Goes to show I'm not familiar enough with the workings of swap space.

That's exactly why we need a CD ROM based solution to explore how swap space works.../s