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Linux users, how much swap do you use? (piefed.zip)
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[–] Maestro@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

I use 1.5x RAM, so 48GB on my work laptop. That way hibernate (suspend to disk) works properly. If you never hibernate you can get away with less or no swap.