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RAM??? Let use GDrive as swap (lemm.ee)
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[-] tourist@lemmy.world 211 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

ITT:

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 30 points 9 months ago

The internet is srs bzns.

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[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 165 points 9 months ago

I prefer to put my swap partition on CD-RW.

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 91 points 9 months ago

That way you'll know you've run out of physical memory when the cd-rom starts spinning up.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 60 points 9 months ago

I hate that I kind of like this point...

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Linux doesn't wait for you to be out of memory to swap-out pages.

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[-] Hubi@feddit.de 38 points 9 months ago

I wonder if anyone has actually managed to do this

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 56 points 9 months ago

someone put swap on google drive

[-] drew_belloc@programming.dev 39 points 9 months ago

Android studio was asking for more ram, what else would i do?

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 9 months ago

Use dropbox like any pleb would

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/mount.davfs.8.html mount cloud memory as folder and put swapfile on it

[-] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 9 months ago

Swap on S3. That's brutal

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Download more ram became possible with one simple trick)

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[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Personally enjoy my swap on an iPod

[-] Granixo@feddit.cl 25 points 9 months ago

I think you meant DVD-RAM.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 9 months ago

Sup, that would actually be possible.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 31 points 9 months ago

Anything can be ram if you wait long enough

[-] moody 13 points 9 months ago

I use my whiteboard for swap.

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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 146 points 9 months ago

Yeah, never had a problem with incompatible hardware on Linux.

No siree, not a once!

[-] ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 74 points 9 months ago

Such an up and down though. I have an ancient epson scanner that cannot be used on modern windows, but I just installed the driver on linux and everything has been amazing.

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[-] ExLisper@linux.community 49 points 9 months ago

Did you ever had to buy a new laptop because Linux stopped supporting the current one?

[-] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've had the reverse. I started using arch because debian didn't have my wifi driver yet.

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[-] camelbeard@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

No but I am looking for a new laptop and this time I'll definitely spent more time checking Linux compatibility.

My previous thinkpad worked fine out of the box, but my current laptop is an HP Omen, that I mostly selected for the price to performance ratio. But I immediately learned that Linux compatibility sucked. Like not being able to boot an Ubuntu usb drive (without messing with the boot parameters).

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[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

This is not a problem with Linux, this is a problem with hardware manufacturers not making drivers for Linux.

Which is understandable, honestly. Making drivers is surely not an easy task. Targeting Windows covers the 80/20 rule.

[-] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

I just broke out into a cold sweat remembering trying to get wifi to function on my netbook back in 2k8.

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[-] THEMASTERMIND@feddit.ch 92 points 9 months ago

That fucking wolfs face never fails to make me laugh

[-] NotMelon@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Please don't fuck wolfs face

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 48 points 9 months ago

Not true. For modern Linux you need a processor with a memory controller and 8mb of ram. If also need to be a processor from the 21 century.

[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 24 points 9 months ago

At least pentiums are still supported. Who knows what all those IBM Thinkpad users are capable of if they weren't distracted.

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[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago

Would it be possible to forgo ram for just swap?

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 49 points 9 months ago

No it is not possible. For a more detailed explanation read here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/928308/is-it-possible-to-use-ubuntu-without-ram-at-all

[-] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

But it's possible with almost zero ram, like 32mb, but it'll be a very slow experience

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 32 points 9 months ago

Btw. If you disable the Intel ME, TPM is nonfunctional.

Yay!

[-] grubders@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 months ago

you can disable intel ME?

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 30 points 9 months ago

optional CPU?

[-] ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 72 points 9 months ago

Well, there are people running Linux in all manner of ways, like VRChat shaders.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 9 months ago

Wow, now that is literally insane and super awesome at the same time lol

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Well, you can run Linux on an FPGA...

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 29 points 9 months ago

You can install windows in a brick wall.

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[-] Robin@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

That's just a CPU with extra steps

[-] uis@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Everything looks like CPU when you are linux

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 months ago

i remember when i could run windows 3.1 on a potato

[-] the_third@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago

Eh, 3.1 required at least protected mode, so, a 80286.

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