Swap partition size on weak netbook?

Question

linux

I took out an old netbook from the pantry and decided to install Linux Mint 17.1 there. One memory chip died and now the beech shows 0.7 GB of RAM. I foolishly stuck a 4 GB Swap partition. Is it normal? I read on various forums that you need a little more than RAM, but I don’t feel sorry for disk space (240 GB), and even with 0.7 RAM, I think it won’t pull much normally. I took out a netbook mainly because of the desire to watch movies on it.

Answer 1

When active programs get into the swap, they will start to slow down.
When the swap ends, processes will be automatically killed to free up memory. With 4 gigs on a netbook, this will not come soon.
The size of the video memory in the BIOS can be reduced, then a little more will become available.

Answer 2

Usually, on such volumes, the swap partition is made twice as large as the amount of RAM. 2GB will be enough for you.

Answer 3

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