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I prefer to put my swap partition on CD-RW.
161 0 ReplyThat way you'll know you've run out of physical memory when the cd-rom starts spinning up.
89 0 ReplyI hate that I kind of like this point...
59 0 ReplyLinux doesn't wait for you to be out of memory to swap-out pages.
27 0 ReplyYou can set swappiness to 0
12 0 ReplyOh, my bad! Goes to show I'm not familiar enough with the workings of swap space.
6 0 ReplyThat's true for most people talking about swap online.
2 0 ReplyGoes to show I'm not familiar enough with the workings of swap space.
That's exactly why we need a CD ROM based solution to explore how swap space works.../s
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I wonder if anyone has actually managed to do this
38 0 Replysomeone put swap on google drive
56 0 ReplyAndroid studio was asking for more ram, what else would i do?
39 0 ReplyUse dropbox like any pleb would
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https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/mount.davfs.8.html mount cloud memory as folder and put swapfile on it
32 0 ReplySwap on S3. That's brutal
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Mount Cloud? Any chance I can mount Tifa instead?
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Personally enjoy my swap on an iPod
27 0 ReplyI think you meant DVD-RAM.
25 0 ReplySup, that would actually be possible.
18 0 ReplyAnything can be ram if you wait long enough
31 0 ReplyI use my whiteboard for swap.
13 0 ReplyA robot that writes on the board and a camera to then read it back in
9 0 Replyi'm swappin' in ma ass ladies 😎
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You could use a combination of printer and scanner as swap with the right driver...
9 0 ReplyDangerously close to punchcards
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Running out of Ram? Just 3D print more!
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