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		gdxhyrd on Dec 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BSD vs. Ubuntu motd(5) I actually do not want swap, because I don't want paging to disk. Ever. Just let the process crash. I have been running swapless for two decades without any issue.

JdeBP on Dec 28, 2019 [–]

Not providing a paging file only disables one kind of paging.

* http://jdebp.uk./FGA/dont-throw-those-paging-files-away.html

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