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rwmjtoday at 7:30 PM1 replyview on HN

All I want is the oomkiller to always kill firefox. Somehow that's very difficult to achieve.


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lokartoday at 9:00 PM

The oom killer is a monkey with a gun. It’s a last resort when you were going to crash (or worse, hang) anyway.

You should have a much better “plan A” to avoid this situation.