Quoting <38C4ECFF.314438C8 at via-net-works.ie>
by Thomas Bridge <thomas.bridge at via-net-works.ie>:
> > Put it a different way around - if on every other modern unix,
> > the worst case scenario is processes start getting killed, but
> > on Linux the worst case is the box hardhangs, why the smeg is
> > any sane person armed with this knowledge use linux?
> I'm no expert on OS design and kernel internals - but there are a
> number of situations that I can think of where if you are using swap
> space at all, you're fscked.
> An obvious example is running a nameserver.
Do please elaborate.
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