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Originally Posted by speculatrix View Post
I use the small MMC card + adaptor in internal socket purely for virtual memory, as I don't care if swapping causes premature failure; I use a 4GB non-sdhc in external slot for all my other files.
I don't understand "swapping", "swappiness", "premature failure", & related concepts I've seen discussed here. Nor am I conversant in linux. If it's not too much trouble, please give me a thumbnail explanation.