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Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:

> I personally wouldn't use TMPFS, because I have a rather low amount of RAM 
> (512MiB).

Depends on what you keep there.  I've been trying it lately.  For an X 
desktop running xfce, /tmp is only 332K.