GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 month agoStop Doing Swap Partitionslemmy.worldimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoRemember when they said “swap should be 2 times the amount of RAM”. Why would I waste 128 GiB of storage for nothing?
minus-squareistdaslol@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoDid the same thing but some apps are designed with that in mind and I had worse performance so had to do a swap file again
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNever have I ever heard about apps that need a swap file to operate normally.
minus-squareAnAmericanPotato@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDocker. Only half-joking.
minus-squareistdaslol@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMe neither but creating one fixed my performance issues so I figured that was the issue. TBF it was a pagefile under windows so it might be a windows specific quirk but the main point still stands
minus-squareflexicon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, your first mistake was using Windows and expecting performance.
Remember when they said “swap should be 2 times the amount of RAM”.
Why would I waste 128 GiB of storage for nothing?
Did the same thing but some apps are designed with that in mind and I had worse performance so had to do a swap file again
Never have I ever heard about apps that need a swap file to operate normally.
Docker.
Only half-joking.
Me neither but creating one fixed my performance issues so I figured that was the issue. TBF it was a pagefile under windows so it might be a windows specific quirk but the main point still stands
Yeah, your first mistake was using Windows and expecting performance.