Do You Need Swap Partition Linux?
Contents Does Linux Need a Swap Partition? If You Have a Ram of 3Gb or Higher, Ubuntu Will Automatically Not Use the Swap Space Since It’s More Than Enough for...
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Does Linux need a swap partition?
If you have a RAM of 3GB or higher, Ubuntu will automatically NOT USE the Swap space since it’s more than enough for the OS. Now do you really need a swap partition? … You actually don’t have to have swap partition, but it is recommended in case you do use up that much memory in normal operation.
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Is swap partition necessary for Ubuntu?
7 Answers. Show activity on this post. No, you don’t need a swap partition, as long as you never run out of RAM your system will work fine without it, but it can come in handy if you have less than 8GB of RAM and it is necessary for hibernation.