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Trying to rescue a 1GB RAM laptop
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SSD upgrade
And then ZRAM and swap like hell
I thought it's either swap or ZRAM - could you use both at the same time?
Yes Fedora uses swap and zram by default. Just compresses the memory in RAM (more memory available) and on disk (less data written, less wear)
Wow, that's supercool actually! I had no idea...
Won't that kill the SSD on short notice? Or can they make do with it for years?
I mean, worth the tradeoff? Zram would just make the cpu work more. Swap... kill the ssd
But over time. SSDs can handle a lot, like a couple of years?
Won't be a couple of years if you're constantly swapping, no.
Not really, if you would spend a lot more on SDD drives instead of getting a modern computer
Do you have numbers? I dont think its that dramatic
This will be the single biggest change you can make. Swapping an hdd for a cheap 256gb ssd will make a bigger difference than any DE changes.