> swap is used when you run out of ram This is not correct. Swap is not a RAM overflow. > Swap is not generally about getting emergency memory, it's about mak

> swap is used when you run out of ram This is not correct. Swap is not a RAM overflow. > Swap is not generally about getting emergency memory, it's about making memory reclamation egalitarian and efficient. In fact, using it as "emergency memory" is generally actively harmful. https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html