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Re:Do we really need swap on modern systems? by Razengan on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:20AM (#13722481)
> I cannot remember a single occasion, where my desktop recovered when it started swapping.

..which operating system is that?

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Re:Do we really need swap on modern systems? by qznc on Friday February 24, 2017 @06:54AM (#13722800)
Ubuntu
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Re:Do we really need swap on modern systems? by pareidolia on Friday February 24, 2017 @07:37AM (#13723038)
Sounds to me your swap is not swapon'd. I get the same behaviour when I'm not running swap and memory is depleted.
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