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Re:Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with /dev/shm by wredcoll on Thursday June 26, 2025 @08:14PM (#44392713)
This is a ridiculous comment but it did make me curious, when did /dev/shm become a common thing?

My current understanding is kernel 2.6, i.e. 2004.

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Re:Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with /dev/shm by esseph on Thursday June 26, 2025 @08:22PM (#44392749)
2.4 in 2001 is when it was released with kernel support
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