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  1. June 4th, 2008 #1
    D.Sync
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    What does 'SWAP' drive do?

    After trying Ubuntu for a few days I'm still wondering what does SWAP actually do? Does it serves as a virtual memory? If does, why does it always showed up 0% usage compared to my RAM, ~15%
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  2. June 4th, 2008 #2
    superzorro
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    Re: What does 'SWAP' drive do?

    Here is a brief guide of what Swap is and what is for:

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    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq
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  3. June 4th, 2008 #3
    D.Sync
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    Re: What does 'SWAP' drive do?

    Thanks much for the info. Guess that's why it always 0% eh.
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