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As someone who's not an expert in linux or computers (I'm just a user, I don't really understand the internals of linux), does this mean or not that more RAM wi
by lkdfjlkdfjlg 2y ago
As someone who's not an expert in linux or computers (I'm just a user, I don't really understand the internals of linux), does this mean or not that more RAM will be used?
- dekken_ 2y agoit means some of your RAM will be used as if it were a disk, for the files in /tmp I'm sure it's optional, or at least hope it is, cause it might not be good in all contexts
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoIf you have 8 GBs of RAM (or, for some reason, less) and have to compile Node/Rust/Go projects, it's a no-Go. But then Debian doesn't have the AUR, so you're probably good. :p (On Arch, I had to undo what Debian is now doing on a laptop I have since updating some AUR packages would fail from lack of RAM. Now, they succeed and only take an hour!)
- juancn 2y agoIt will use mostly unused ram for tmp files, but if it doesn't fit, the swap manager will swap it out to disk (think of a ramdisk with swapping). This means that is should work a lot faster for typical workloads and that data in `/tmp` will automatically be cleared on reboot. In theory it shouldn't affect anyone much, unless you have swapping disabled (which by default you won't).