You don't need it. Linux works fine without swap, given ample memory. In my experience, even with ample swap, when Linux gets memory starved it goes haywire a

You don't need it. Linux works fine without swap, given ample memory. In my experience, even with ample swap, when Linux gets memory starved it goes haywire anyways. I'm an ex linux sysadmin, and haven't run swap on my personal systems in years.