On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 17:12:01 (-0000), Curt wrote: > On 2021-12-09, hdv@gmail <hdv.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Swap is where a laptop stores RAM during suspend-to-disk, the long > >> term hibernation suspension. Without at least as much swap as > >> RAM, you are limited to suspend-to-RAM. > >> > >> In a more perfect world, the space for suspension would not > >> otherwise be treated as swap space. > > > > It certainly was the reason why I always had swap at least as big as RAM > > in the past on my laptops. However, I have not had any trouble > > suspending or hibernating my laptops in the years since I reduced swap > > to 2GB. That is just my experience, and it may not be the same for > > others. But it might help the thread starter to know this is a feasible > > option (depending on their use case). > > It's only that there is a distinction between suspend-to-RAM and > suspend-to-disk, the latter using zero power consumption until the > machine is powered on. > > Anyway, you probably already knew that (I didn't).
Aka hibernation, it's also incompatible with random-encrypted swap (recommended in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/12/msg00239.html, and by me, if you have sensitive information on your laptop). Cheers, David.
