For GNU/Linux, how do you turn swap off and how do you turn in back on again? On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 08:09:34PM +0000, Iznogoud wrote: > I use Firefox. It sucks. I keep using it and it keeps sucking and I keep using > it... I trust not the google product, but it does work well. Firefox seems > happy when it has a lot of memory. > > All memory in Linux is virtual from the perspective of a process. But unless > you access it, it is NOT "mapped" by the kernel. Even if it is mapped, if it > is in a page that is not accessed, it _may_ be "paged" in the swap. In that > sense, Linux gives you a lot of memory if you can tolerate the switching time > from process to process when one of those processes has been "paged" to swap. > "Paged" comes from the "pages of memory" (about 4k) that is the minimum chunk > the hardware accesses from the RAM at any one time. > > I have no swap partitions. For what I do, 8 GB or so are fine on the desktop > to do everything. I advise people to not use swap unless they have to. When > a process dies (is killed by the kernel) due to lack of memory, turn on swap > and retry. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Name: Steve Trapp Location: Just east of the Missippi River Email-address: stevetrapp<AT>comcast<DOT>net Homepage: comcast DROPPED ALL HOMEPAGES--Where do I put my PGP public key now?