Windows will never overcommit memory. As a result on my PC unless I dedicate a s...

rcxdude on Aug 6, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle ...

Windows will never overcommit memory. As a result on my PC unless I dedicate a substantial (over 20%) fraction of my drive to swap (most of which will never, ever be touched) I will 'run out of RAM' far before even half of the physical RAM in my PC has been used. This seems extremely wasteful.