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You can tell Linux that you don't want overcommit. You will probably discover that you're now even more miserable and change it back, but it's an option.
by tialaramex 2y ago
You can tell Linux that you don't want overcommit. You will probably discover that you're now even more miserable and change it back, but it's an option.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoWhenever I switch off overcommitting, every program on my system (that I'm using) dies, one by one, over the course of 2–5 seconds, followed by Xorg. It's quite pretty.
- Shorel 2y agoI did that and even with enormous amounts of free memory, Chrome and other Chromium browsers just die. They require overcommit just to open an empty window.