Re:There is an oom kill count in Linux
by alexeiz on Sunday December 31, 2023 @07:40PM
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I'm on openSUSE TW, and I considered systemd-oom, but the setup/configuration procedure for it is pretty elaborate. So I opted for earlyoom, which worked just a fine and required no manual configuration whatsoever.
In my opinion, if your distro already integrates systemd-oom, like Fedora, it's easier to just use that. Otherwise earlyoom is the next best choice.
Also it's recommended to enable zram. It's much faster than a swap partition or file. The combination of earlyoom and zram made my system much more responsive when it's running short of memory.
In my opinion, if your distro already integrates systemd-oom, like Fedora, it's easier to just use that. Otherwise earlyoom is the next best choice.
Also it's recommended to enable zram. It's much faster than a swap partition or file. The combination of earlyoom and zram made my system much more responsive when it's running short of memory.