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• mack@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I usually download my warez RAM modules from ramgirl repacks

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram

    zram, formerly called compcache, is a Linux kernel module for creating a compressed block device in RAM, i.e. a RAM disk with on-the-fly disk compression. The block device created with zram can then be used for swap or as general-purpose RAM disk. The two most common uses for zram are for the storage of temporary files (/tmp) and as a swap device. Initially, zram had only the latter function, hence the original name “compcache” (“compressed cache”). Unlike swap, zram only uses 0.1% of the maximum size of the disk when not in use.[1]

    Open-source RAM is better.

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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Using a RAM drive for swap?

      Am I misunderstanding the point of swap?

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      • tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s a compressed RAM drive being used as swap backing. The kernel’s already got the functionality to have multiple tiers of priority for storage; this just leverages that.

        Kinda like RAM Doubler of yesteryear.

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  • Little8Lost@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mostly get mine from downloadmoreram.com

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