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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
>>
>