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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by ploxiln on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:49PM (#20621656)
It just has to kill something. The choice is between killing some things, or freezing everything, for way too long (many minutes).

I'll agree that Windows and macOS aren't perfect here. But I expect better, that's why I prefer Linux. (Better networking, better filesystems, better configuration and debugging of core system services, easier installation of stable C libraries for development or scripting ...)

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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by slacka on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:16PM (#20621804)
Can speak for OS X, but I dual booted Win 7 with swap disabled on my first machine with a SSD. Windows would just kill the Chrome tab that was eating all my Ram and I'd move right along. Linux locks up and is totally unresponsive even if you manually trigger the OOM killer. Windows behavior is much, much better for desktop users.
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