Dave@lemmy.nz to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-228 days agoSystem requirements for me and not for theelemmy.nzimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageSystem requirements for me and not for theelemmy.nzDave@lemmy.nz to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-228 days agomessage-square118fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretruthfultemporarily@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-228 days agoIts not a myth at all. If a software uses too much RAM it has to be killed because otherwise the OS crashes. You can read more about it here: https://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer Here is the source code: https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/mm/oom_kill.c.html
minus-squarenixigaj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days agoIt is just not very tuned for desktop as it will lock up the system and empty every single type of buffer in the kernel before it is actually invoked.
Its not a myth at all. If a software uses too much RAM it has to be killed because otherwise the OS crashes. You can read more about it here: https://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer
Here is the source code: https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/mm/oom_kill.c.html
It is just not very tuned for desktop as it will lock up the system and empty every single type of buffer in the kernel before it is actually invoked.