Dave@lemmy.nz to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoSystem requirements for me and not for theelemmy.nzimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1imageSystem requirements for me and not for theelemmy.nzDave@lemmy.nz to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretruthfultemporarily@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 day agoIts not a myth at all. If a software uses too much RAM it has to be killed because otherwise the OS crashes. You can read more about it here: https://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer Here is the source code: https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/mm/oom_kill.c.html
minus-squarenixigaj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 hours agoIt is just not very tuned for desktop as it will lock up the system and empty every single type of buffer in the kernel before it is actually invoked.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoIt depends on the app. For some apps it just kills the app and everything is happy
Its not a myth at all. If a software uses too much RAM it has to be killed because otherwise the OS crashes. You can read more about it here: https://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer
Here is the source code: https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/mm/oom_kill.c.html
It is just not very tuned for desktop as it will lock up the system and empty every single type of buffer in the kernel before it is actually invoked.
It depends on the app. For some apps it just kills the app and everything is happy