← Back to context Comment by klodolph 4 hours ago Over eager use of /tmp is the worst. That’s RAM, my boy! Precious gold. 2 comments klodolph Reply arcanemachiner 4 hours ago I don't think that's always true.Although I just looked into it, and even Ubuntu 26.04 appear to default to tmpfs for /tmp storage, so I guess it's fairly universal now.Not sure if I agree with that idea in principle... What's wrong with just wiping it intermittently?? trollbridge 2 hours ago It’s RAM unless you have swap enabled.
arcanemachiner 4 hours ago I don't think that's always true.Although I just looked into it, and even Ubuntu 26.04 appear to default to tmpfs for /tmp storage, so I guess it's fairly universal now.Not sure if I agree with that idea in principle... What's wrong with just wiping it intermittently?? trollbridge 2 hours ago It’s RAM unless you have swap enabled.
I don't think that's always true.
Although I just looked into it, and even Ubuntu 26.04 appear to default to tmpfs for /tmp storage, so I guess it's fairly universal now.
Not sure if I agree with that idea in principle... What's wrong with just wiping it intermittently??
It’s RAM unless you have swap enabled.