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This is exactly what I use it for on my desktop. I have any app that I don't want to maintain longterm history for it's internal files (ex: Firefox browser cach
by sehrope 14y ago
This is exactly what I use it for on my desktop. I have any app that I don't want to maintain longterm history for it's internal files (ex: Firefox browser cache) pointed to /tmp (mounted as tmpfs). As an added bonus if you're running your OS on an SSD (which you should be) you don't have it thrashed by constant writes/deletes.
The memory size issue is basically a non-issue at this point (pair of desktop 16 GB DIMMS are ~$80 and laptop isn't that much more).
- RobAley 14y agoThe memory size issue is very much still an issue. I happen to have globs of memory on my machine, but for the very reason that I have software to use it. If large tmp files start eating into the resources available to my programs, its an issue for me. Also, older hardware that has less memory available, and even newer hardware that can have more memory installed but with non-tech users who don't know how to upgrade it or even that its possible (or can't afford $80).
- vidarh 14y agoIf it's an issue for you, you can simply umount the tmpfs and remove the entry for fstab. I think this is a good default - on all mystems these days, it's disk-io that's the killer, not running out of memory.