Does Manjaro Need Swap?
Contents If You Have Services That Are Not Always Active, but Are Still Running All the Time: Yes, You Need Swap! If You Have an Application That Allocates...
If you have services that are not always active, but are still running all the time: yes, you need swap! If you have an application that allocates virtual memory directly for temporary storage instead of RAM: yes, you need swap!
Do you really need a swap file?
Without a swap file, some modern Windows apps simply won’t run — others might run for a while before crashing. Not having a swap file or a page file enabled will cause your RAM to work inefficiently, as it has no “emergency backup” in place.
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What is swap with Hibernate manjaro?
hibernate swap -> When the Memory is full, it will outsource memory to disk plus you can hibernate to disk and resume.
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