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It's unloved on Linux because using Linux under memory pressure sucks. But that's not a good reason to abandon improvements. Even more so with the direction RAM
by wongarsu 9mo ago
It's unloved on Linux because using Linux under memory pressure sucks. But that's not a good reason to abandon improvements. Even more so with the direction RAM prices are headed
- man8alexd 9mo agoIt sucks without proper cgroup limits because swap makes OOM slower to trigger. Either set the cgroup limits or make the swap small.
- ChocolateGod 9mo agoThis requires additional setup from the user, the default setup should just "work".
- man8alexd 9mo agoThere are different definitions of "just work".
- gf000 9mo agoIt sucks for interactive use only. It could be solved in user space (see the other comment with cgroups), it just isn't.