You'll be shocked, then. Linux under the default settings won't swap unless there is pressure to do so. Windows will. It's a tradeoff: if you swap something o

You'll be shocked, then. Linux under the default settings won't swap unless there is pressure to do so. Windows will. It's a tradeoff: if you swap something out while not under pressure, that could be the thing you next need, resulting in it just getting swapped back in. Or, maybe not and the extra cache is useful (but if you're not under pressure, maybe letting go of older cache, instead of swapping something out, is a better trade: letting go of old cache doesn't require swapping out, since it's by-definition backed by disk.)