How much swap?

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Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

I’ve heard a lot of people say your swap should be 2x RAM… but do I really need 32GB of swap?

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The point isn’t to save power, the point is that the laptop is completely off. You can even take out the battery if needed

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