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So it's been talked about before. Theirs some YouTube videos about it for windows.... Using an SD card or flash drive as Random Access Memory...
But is it possible for Linux???
But is it possible for Linux???
Yes by using yourBut is it possible for Linux???
USB
as swap partition, but this is not RAM, ram is way faster than flash drives.They say there's supposed to be a speed increase from what I remember from back in the day when this was all a rage.@The Duck ... I have no intention of using a USB drive as RAM. But is there a benefit to doing so? I looked at those 2 links you offered up. Seems it works but kills your USB much quicker and isn't nearly as fast as onboard. Is it just one of those things people do when they HAVE to have more available for a short time?
I have to agree with @bob466 if you need more memory than install more memory as memory is cheap.How about using some Ram as Ram...that's what it's for. View attachment 19597
As @CaffeineAddict said ram is faster than flash drives.Yes by using yourUSB
as swap partition, but this is not RAM, ram is way faster than flash drives.
If you don't have the money to spend on ram just use zram because sd card's are slow.I have to agree with @bob466 if you need more memory than install more memory as memory is cheap.
dont have the money atm to buy a new ram....How about using some Ram as Ram...that's what it's for. View attachment 19597
System:Please post system specs.
Open the terminal and copy and paste this command and post the displayed results.
Code:inxi -Fxz
Knowing system specs will help other to give solutions.
When installing software on debian my advice is to always google out this:so i have a problem....
debian@debian:~$ sudo apt install zram-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package zram-config
debian@debian:~$ snap install zram-config
error: snap "zram-config" not found
debian <software name> package
zram
you google for "debian zram package" and you get this:sudo apt install zram-tools
yes.Finding a Linux distro with a lighter weight desktop environment would improve your Linux experience.
it wasn't really, all you had to do is run 4 commands to compile and install the driver.but it was such a pain trying to get wifi to work after installation ((((
lxde
which consumes the least hardware resources but it's not as shiny or as cool or as easy to use as other desktops.probably why ill stick with gnome... again thanks for yalls help... i got zram up and running using this website.... gonna restart know then check my ram usage when restarted https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-enable-the-zram-module-for-faster-swapping-on-linux/When installing software on debian my advice is to always google out this:
For instance to findzram
you google for "debian zram package" and you get this:
Then copy correct package name from wep page and install it:
Bash:sudo apt install zram-tools
yes.
it wasn't really, all you had to do is run 4 commands to compile and install the driver.
But you can switch to different desktop, likelxde
which consumes the least hardware resources but it's not as shiny or as cool or as easy to use as other desktops.
it is one of those which came first, the chicken or the egg scenarios.... LMAOOOO thats why we just buy more CHICKENS(ram) LMAOOOODoes anyone else find it really interesting that we use some of our RAM (as buffers) to make our slow disks seem really fast (if horribly expensive) and some of our disk space (as swap) to make our RAM seem really huge (if horribly slow) and we do both of these things at the same time - and it actually works?
In this day of cheap and large RAM, swap space is often neglected but I like to () configure at least a little bit of swap space just in case I would actually run out of free RAM (*) - if I start actually using the swap and things slow to a crawl, I'll know to investigate (but the system won't crash). Other than that, using mass storage as RAM just seems like a bad idea. I don't have much experience with SSDs, but I'd bet that even swap on a fast SSD would be an order of magnitude slower than actual RAM.
*) "like to" and "remember to" not being the same.
**) My home directory lives in RAM so if I run out of RAM it's probably my own fault