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Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage



On 09/09/14 19:42, Bzzzz wrote:
Normally, if you _really_ reach the system RAM limit, init begins
killing the least used programs/daemons (well, this WAS true with
a good init, such as the sysV one…)

First, the OOM Killer is part of the kernel, not part of the init system. Second, it doesn't start killing processes until you run out of RAM *and swap*.


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