Yes, this is a known problem for Linux desktop, and the upcoming EarlyOOM monitor is designed precisely to detect such OOM situations and handle them better, av

Yes, this is a known problem for Linux desktop, and the upcoming EarlyOOM monitor is designed precisely to detect such OOM situations and handle them better, avoiding system unresponsiveness etc. But maybe it's not yet ready for prime time. Fedora was about to add EarlyOOM in the 32 release, but they'll probably defer this until at least 33: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-FESCo-Defers-EarlyOOM https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-F...