Android has a virtual memory function just like pagefile or swap in PCs, but it’s disabled by default. When should you actually turn it on?
By Karrar Haider – Mar 28, 2026
Zram, zswap, and zcache allow you to compress your RAM’s contents, practically expanding it. But which one should you use?
By Odysseas Kourafalos – Aug 25, 2020
In Linux, you will probably find a swap partition alongside the main Linux partitions. What is this swap partition and is it really necessary?
By Mike Tee – Aug 22, 2020
With modern PCs now having 8GB or more of RAM, is there still a need for a dedicated swap space? if you are using Ubuntu, do you need swap in Ubuntu?
By Odysseas Kourafalos – Jun 25, 2020
On an old Linux PC with a small amount of RAM, you can use zswap to compress the swap files and make the PC run faster. Here’s how to do it.
By Alexandru Andrei – Nov 21, 2018
A better alternative to a typical swap partition is to use a swap file, which is similar but gives you more control. Here’s how to create a swap file in Linux.
By Matthew Muller – Sep 20, 2018
Swap is a special partition used to write pages from memory and read back pages into memory as well. This guide shows how to manage swap usage in Linux.
By Attila Orosz – Aug 21, 2015
Chromebook doesn’t come with a lot of memory, but here’s a quick fix. You can create swap to solve the memory issue. Here’s how it is done.
By Derrik Diener – Oct 21, 2014
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