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arrow-up1171arrow-down1imageMy new system: Ryzen 7950X, RX 7900XTX, 64gb RAM, 2x2tb 980 pro, 1x1tb 990 prolemmy.worldPerroboc@lemmy.world to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTanoh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago And I didn’t set up a swap partition, neither. You should always use a swap partition for linux, even if you have more than “enough” memory. It just works better for a very very tiny loss of diskspace. https://haydenjames.io/linux-performance-almost-always-add-swap-space/
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoit’s nice to have in case you want to have bad computer hygiene and hibernate instead of shutting down
minus-squarePerroboc@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven if I disable hibernate and suspend?
minus-squaredragnet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSwap space is good to have, but a swap file is more convenient than a swap partition
You should always use a swap partition for linux, even if you have more than “enough” memory. It just works better for a very very tiny loss of diskspace.
https://haydenjames.io/linux-performance-almost-always-add-swap-space/
it’s nice to have in case you want to have bad computer hygiene and hibernate instead of shutting down
Even if I disable hibernate and suspend?
Swap space is good to have, but a swap file is more convenient than a swap partition