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Temporary files: RAM or disk?

Temporary files: RAM or disk?

Posted Jun 5, 2012 14:29 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784)
In reply to: Temporary files: RAM or disk? by nix
Parent article: Temporary files: RAM or disk?

And let us not forget that valuable property of the OOM killer who usually makes an entrance at this point: to kill all the desired applications, leaving stupidapp to finally emerge triumphant, only to exclaim, "Where did everybody go?! System is going down for reboot? What does that mean?!"


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