How much swap?

Sy Ali sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Oct 25 15:03:52 UTC 2006


On 10/25/06, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Well I certainly aim for not usually needing swap.  Of course some
> people now believe in suspending PCs, which uses swap so for that task
> you need at least as much swap as ram, preferably a bit more.  If you
> have less, it simply can't suspend.
>
> Personally I have no idea why I would want to shut down my machine at
> all. :)

No swap here.

For installation, I set one up, and then intentionally disable it
until I bother to set up an encrypted swap space.

If I "need" a swap, I think I have an 8-17 MB partition for such a thing.


Memory is cheap.
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