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Linux Swap Explained: Do You Need It? (linuxiac.com)
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[–] backgroundcow@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I couldn't agree more. If there only was a somewhat user-friendly setting that allowed the oom killer to be far more aggressive, killing or freezing processes as soon as their memory use starts to affect system responsiveness, and just tell me this is what has happened.