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xaduha • today at 8:52 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Maybe, but it still there and probably has a different value between distros as well. Default value is 60, what is that good for exactly?

If you're in a position where you still want swap to be there, but only used in extreme situations, then you should set it yourself. Otherwise disable swap or switch a language.


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man8alexd • today at 9:06 AM

What do you think this value of 60 means? Also, as I said, in extreme situations, when the system is right before invoking the OOM killer, swap is used regardless of `vm.swappiness` setting.

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