Absolutely, which is why configurable knobs are things that exist. I already have to mess with the OOMkiller on my servers; I'm fine with fiddling with knobs on

Absolutely, which is why configurable knobs are things that exist. I already have to mess with the OOMkiller on my servers; I'm fine with fiddling with knobs on my desktop box too. This is Linux, after all. Wasn't one of the constant talking points in the war over the Init System That Shall Not Be Named that Linux needs to scale from embedded to big iron?