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badgersnake04/03/20251 replyview on HN

I still use my X1 carbon gen 1. 8gb ram is getting a little bit tight these days though. Sadly not upgradable.


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If you've got linux on it have you tried enabling zram? I use it with aggressive settings on my X1 Carbon G6 with 8GB of RAM and it effectively gives me somewhere around 15GB of RAM. It does need a reasonably fast CPU, but probably worth trying on the Gen 1.