Do I need Swap?

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Hi,

I am currently reworking my laptop to triple boot with Win 7, Win 8 and Ubuntu. My questions is what is swap used for and do i need it.
My specs are:
1.2ghz core 2 duo
4gb ram
320gb hdd

I plan to partation my drive into
90gb win7
60gb win 8
30gb ubuntu
120gb Data
possibly swap

Does anyone who has experiance with windows 8 think 60gb will be enough for it?

Thanks in advance

[ibjsb4]

Some say yes, some say no.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?...ch&cof=FORID:9

[I_can_see_the_light]

If you plan on using suspend or hibernate you'll need swap space at least the size of your RAM

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Ok, so then from my current usage of Ubuntu I will need Swap, is 10gb too big or would that be ok, and does anyone have any advice on the windows 8 partation

[claracc]

this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq explains everything about swap. Pay special attention to the paragraph, how much swap do I need? (swap size equal to ram size)

[I_can_see_the_light]

10 GB would be more than enough, you'd probably be ok with half of that. On the Windows 8 question I can't comment since I've never used it.

[I_can_see_the_light]

this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq explains everything about swap. Pay special attention to the paragraph, how much swap do I need? (swap size equal to ram size)

That's a good resource. Point six (swapiness) is also something to pay attention to.

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So 10gig would be over kill then

[pinballwizard]

So 10gig would be over kill then

Yes.

Make it around about the same size as your ram, or even half that.

I need swap. I always use swap.

[pinballwizard]

Hi,



Does anyone who has experiance with windows 8 ?

Thanks in advance

Yes, I used it for around half an hour, it confused, frustrated and irritated me. I put a 12.04.2 disk in, hit install and am now calm and happy.