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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by mrtweetyhack on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:58PM (#20621700)
And you've turned swap off on Windows?
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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by anticensor on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @02:06AM (#20622586)
Windows will not BSOD due to memory pressure.
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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by StreamBright on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:26AM (#20622973)
I think it happens only if you have a broken device driver, applications cannot cause BSOD with memory allocation.
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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by EmpirePhoenix on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:12PM (#20626515)
Well I beg to differ, using a unlimited swap file can quickly reach hard issues after 64gb of swap use. At that point mallocs in the windows ui fail (timouts or something?), that apparently are not meant to, eg fonts from shutdown menu missing, the system being unable to shutdown ect.
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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by 1-6 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:08AM (#20623529)
Does it BSOD if it runs out of swap space though?
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