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Re:You can run Doom and other graphical apps in Android's Li... by efskap on Monday July 28, 2025 @10:38PM (#44718331)
>which is no RAM management at all

I'm sure the Android one is much more aggressive, but Linux's OOM killer isn't too different is it?

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Re:You can run Doom and other graphical apps in Android's Li... by msgodel on Monday July 28, 2025 @10:50PM (#44718417)
OOM is only triggered when you actually run out of virtual memory. With modern phones that shouldn't normally happen unless you're doing something silly like compiling a web browser.
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Re:You can run Doom and other graphical apps in Android's Li... by heavyset_go on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @12:40AM (#44719131)
oomkiller is triggered when requested pages can't be allocated
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