How can I get Linux to not thrash and just kill processes?
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Mar 15, 20263076 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Firefox (and flash) tends to chew up memory at random times, causing my computer to thrash, and it drives me crazy waiting for the oom_killer to kick in and kill processes,[1] while I can't do anything to kill firefox myself. I've disabled swap, but that just made it worse. It thrashes for hours be…
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Drop your cache periodically. That way, when processes request small amounts of memory, your computer's not busy caching out small bits at a time. Slows down your computer overall, but at least you won't be sitting there waiting for it to thrash whe…
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