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It's the default, but TFA might've masked it since they're dealing with an old laptop where they can upgrade the drive but not the RAM.
by Arnavion 2y ago
It's the default, but TFA might've masked it since they're dealing with an old laptop where they can upgrade the drive but not the RAM.
- ciupicri 2y agoYou're right, but this was introduced around 2012 [1] when that old laptop was manufactured. Also no one is forcing you to store GBs of data on it and indeed in practice most programs use only a couple of MBs. [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs
- NekkoDroid 2y agoAnd if programs use GBs of data, it should usually be in /var/tmp/ as that is backed usually by an actual storage device.
- ojbyrne 2y agoI’m confused. The article talks about a Mac Mini, which is not a laptop. And an old enough one that the RAM is probably user-replaceable.
- Arnavion 2y agoApparently I'm illiterate. Indeed, not only is the Mac Mini a desktop, but also the author says in that same paragraph how they did in fact upgrade its RAM once in the past.