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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
>