Swap. what is recommended

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You could check out a third alternative, Zram.
There are probably other advantages, but I use it mainly because of the ease and simplicity. No need to mess around with partitions or swap files.

¿What is zram and how to install it?

The zram kernel module (previously called compcache ) provides a compressed block device in RAM. If you use it as swap device, the RAM can hold much more information but uses more CPU. Still, it is much quicker than swapping to a hard drive. If a system often falls back to swap, this could improve responsiveness. Using zram is also a good way to reduce disk read/write cycles due to swap on SSDs. From my personal experience, it is one of the best things I have discovered using linux, the differe…