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On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:48:57PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> I suggest 2x RAM for systems less than 4gb or so.  Anything more than 4GB of
> swap is probably never going to be used

I see you don't do mass package builds :-)  Or, even build openoffice or some
of the math packages.

> and if it is used, you're just going to thrash your swap device.

That's us! :-)

mcl