On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:20 AM Peter Fairbrother <pe...@tsto.co.uk> wrote:
> > Sure, it will be a bit faster having 16GiB of RAM and no swap than 8GiB > > RAM + 8GiB swap if that is an option. However, modern operating systems > > are designed to swap out out certain things to make the best use of all > > available RAM and so you will technically not get the full benefit of a > > RAM upgrade going this route. > > You could, of course, use 8Gib of RAM as a swap ramdisk ... > > > I'll get my coat > No need. Putting your swapfile on tmpfs is how to encrypt your ram, significantly deterring remanance and emissions attacks on its privacy, but also crashing many kernels. K > Peter Fairbrother > > It may be, however, that your usage > > patterns only max out 16GiB of virtual memory usage either way, in which > > case it may not matter as much. > > > There is proof inside many peoples' electronics. Proof that a marketing group would contract development of a frightening virus. A virus that responds to peoples' keystrokes and browsing habits, and changes what people see on their devices. A virus that alters political behavior en masse, for profit. >
