Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizzalinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf you only have 8gb you’re probably swapping a lot, depends on what you do with your PC. Anyway, to set up zram the easiest way is to try this: https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator/tree/main Also, take a look at the zram page on the arch wiki, even if you’re not using arch it’s very well made: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zram
minus-squareQuills@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI usually only see swapping when I’m like, playing on big Minecraft modpacks which i don’t usually do much, but ok thanks!
If you only have 8gb you’re probably swapping a lot, depends on what you do with your PC.
Anyway, to set up zram the easiest way is to try this: https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator/tree/main Also, take a look at the zram page on the arch wiki, even if you’re not using arch it’s very well made: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zram
I usually only see swapping when I’m like, playing on big Minecraft modpacks which i don’t usually do much, but ok thanks!