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by seppel 1225 days ago
> The old rule of thumb of 2x RAM was reasonable in the 90s, but after that, it should be 2x RAM or 512MB, whichever is smaller.

This is exactly why I don't have swap for over a decade on my machines (since my machines have 16+ GB RAM). The mere 1/32 improvement is not worth the headaches of swap.