[Solved] [Help] Should I use zram? (sh.itjust.works)

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Hello, I came across zram recently and I'd like to know if I should use it, my laptop only has ~4GB of ram, and for the most part it'll only stutter when I open multiple programs or a game, so would zram be adequate in my case?

Also, would the compressing and decompressing have a significant impact on my cpu?

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[-] CosmicGiraffe@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Try it. The worst that happens is that it makes things slower and then you turn it back off.

[-] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

This. I've had nothing but great experiences with zram on resource constrained VMs in an enterprise grade cluster.

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