Hi again, Maybe you want to read this 'swap faq' wiki page and maybe add its URL for people who want background facts.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq We might even link to it in a later version of 'partition-help' with zenity in html mode. Best regards Nio Den 2015-02-24 23:07, Nio Wiklund skrev: > OK :-) > > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2015-02-24 22:41, Israel skrev: >> On 02/24/2015 03:36 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> ... >>> Swap is still useful (I meant that the advice 'twice * RAM' is >>> deprecated). You need a smaller proportion of swap compared to RAM than >>> before, probably because it is managed better. But the speed penalty is >>> probably worse than ever, because the speed of RAM increases faster than >>> the speed of HDDs. It is better with SSDs. >> Yes, we are saying the same thing. Swap is useful. 2x swap is maybe >> useful for Windows, but not Linux, UNLESS we are hibernating... yes >> sorry I am swimming in code :) >> >> We are saying the same things, but I think my words are getting jumbly... >>> According to this link >>> >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/3369/what-is-the-difference-between-hibernate-and-suspend >>> ----- >>> Suspend does not turn off your computer. It puts the computer and all >>> peripherals on a low power consumption mode. If the battery runs out or >>> the computer turns off for some reason, the current session and unsaved >>> changes will be lost. >>> >>> Hibernate saves the state of your computer to the hard disk and >>> completely powers off. When resuming, the saved state is restored to RAM. >>> ----- >>> So the swap size is important to hibernate, not to suspend. >> I will make sure this is evident in the text. >> Thank you for being so verbose with me! >> >>> ... >>>>> .. >>> :-) >> I second that smile >> :D >> > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev Post to : torios-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
