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33 questions linked to/from How much swap should I take for 1GB to 8TB of RAM on 14.04 or higher?
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I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?
I read many places that the rule of thumb for swap space is to double the amount of physical RAM. However, 32 GB does seem a LOT. Do I need that much? Do I need it at all with this high amount of ...
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How to efficiently partition a single Windows-Ubuntu dual boot disk?
This is not a question on how to install Ubuntu or how to use manual partitioning during installation but is a question on access rights and how not to let them bite you in the lower abdomen... ;-)
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Pros and cons of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu alongside Windows on my laptop. I already know how to install it. A tutorial that I watched recommended selecting the Something else option of the Installation type ...
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How to decide on Swap size [duplicate]
I wanted to just confirm how much the size of Swap partition should be. Lots of places tell that the swap size should be twice the size of RAM. Somebody also told me that it shouldn't be more than 8 ...
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What should my swap size be if I have 32GB of RAM? [duplicate]
I am new to Linux and want to install ubuntu on a computer that has 32GB of RAM. I've read a lot about the recommended size of swap for people with much smaller RAM capacity, but nothing for my size. ...
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Increasing the Swap Space on Ubuntu [duplicate]
My Swap space is currently set to 2 GB. How do I increase it?
Also I'm running with an SSD and have 16GB of RAM. What is the Max Memory I can set the swap file to?
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How to reinstall Ubuntu, but keep personal files?
I was upgrading Ubuntu from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS inside Virtual Box and it killed my installation. Now I wish to reinstall Ubuntu with keeping my home directory.
Unfortunately, installer asks me ...
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Realistic working swap for 128GB RAM? [duplicate]
I've just installed Ubuntu 15.04 on a new 240GB SSD, and immediately noticed that /dev/ubuntu-vg/swap_1 on the resulting installation is 137GB. That seems excessive, even counter-productive, but ...
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Using Hibernation in Ubuntu 19.04 (not enough swap file) [duplicate]
So I'm trying to hibernate my Ubuntu laptop, using sudo systemctl hibernate, in turn it says "Failed to hibernate system via logind: Not enough swap space for hibernation".
I already tried this ...
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Transfer to swap the memory data of idle software running in background while keeping in RAM only active ones?
While running 5-6 programs at the same time (Browser, Virtual Machines, Terminal, Text Editor, File Explorer), some of them from time to time (let's say every 15 minutes) are inactive/idle (not ...
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How do I partition my SSD to benefit of the speed?
I've watched a few videos on Youtube and read a little bit on the internet about partitioning. But it is still unclear to me how to partition my 4 drives. Besides a Raspberry Pi and VM I have no Linux ...
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Win 8.1 + Ubuntu, 256GB SSD, partitioning scheme
I would like to install Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu(both x64) on a one 256 GB SSD.
I need 3 partitions, 2 for systems and 1 shared(NTFS?) for data accessible by both OSes. '/root' and '/home' will be on ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes randomly after RAM and SSD upgrade
I previously had an 8GB of RAM and 1TB of hard disk on my ASUS VivoBook R542UQ-DM153. I've added a 250GB WD Blue SSD and an 8GB of RAM. Total RAM now is 16GB. I've also made a fresh installation of ...
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FIrefox and Chromium use all RAM and pc freezes
I have a problem that I'm trying to solve for a long time. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot with Windows 10:
When I'm using several tabs in Firefox or Chromium, I see significant memory usage. One ...
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How to install the perfect dual-boot between Windows-Ubuntu
I am new to Ubuntu and tried to dual-boot my laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 along with my pre-installed Windows 8.1. During the installation process in step 3 Ubuntu didn't detect my Windows 8.1, so I chose ...
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