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Animats
18 hours ago
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bitmasher9
18 hours ago
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Not enough memory is sometimes just a slowdown these days, with ssd and swap.
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pocksuppet
17 hours ago
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Swap has existed since Win95 btw
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chongli
17 hours ago
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Yes, though SSDs that can sustain 1.5G/s and an OS that transparently compresses memory before swapping yield a lot better experience than Win95 swapping.
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pocksuppet
17 hours ago
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Yes, but if your bar is "still works but slower" you don't need that.
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TurdF3rguson
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For me, not enough memory is mostly -> close some damn browser tabs.
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imp0cat
12 hours ago
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If we're talking about Ubuntu, ZRAM is still a thing.
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johnisgood
3 hours ago
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Of course. I set it up on my Void Linux and Arch Linux.
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