felsiq@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoSwap space on Nvidia VRAM, in case you bought a 5090 and now can't afford RAMwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10 cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
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minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI ran puppy off of a 16GB flash drive on my main rig after a catastrophic HDD failure for like a year before I finally got new parts. Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution
minus-squarevanillama@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoHow good/bad was it compared to the HDD?
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIt was surprisingly decent for running Firefox & a text editor, which covered probably 80% of my usage at the time, so it worked just good enough for me to procrastinate on fixing things.
I ran puppy off of a 16GB flash drive on my main rig after a catastrophic HDD failure for like a year before I finally got new parts.
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution
How good/bad was it compared to the HDD?
It was surprisingly decent for running Firefox & a text editor, which covered probably 80% of my usage at the time, so it worked just good enough for me to procrastinate on fixing things.