• kib48@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    isn’t that just swap? which is standard on like everything

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      1 year ago

      Yes, it is essentially swap file, but they list it as RAM under settings like 6+2 RAM, which is at best misleading.

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        1 year ago

        oh yeah that’s lame

        Samsung does the same with their “RAM Plus” thing

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        1 year ago

        swap is a safety measure in case a device’s ram gets overloaded, it relegates a portion of your storage for use as “RAM”