LucyMcGoose

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[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

Didn't see anything that stood out on the system monitor. Increasing the swap seemed to have fixed it for now, but I'll probably do a bit more looking to see if I can figure out what caused the issue in the first place. Thank you very much for your time and help!

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 9 points 1 week ago

Looks like increasing the swap worked! Played for ~40 mins without any crashing, freezing, or lagging. Thank you so much for your help!

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the resource!

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

We have increased the swap and will try to play again after dinner. Thank you!

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

8 gig memory, 2 gig swap

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip
 

So, I made the switch to Linux Mint about 2 weeks ago, and have been having some issues, specifically with gaming and art programs.

The issues seem to be related to memory. I don't have the memory to open a large art file in either Krita or GIMP. My Coral Island game keeps crashing (OOM - kill process).

So, it would be easy to assume my computer just doesn't have the memory for these activities, except . . . they worked fine on Windows. I could open my art files in Photoshop and Coral Island ran like a dream for months.

It's disheartening because everywhere I look says the issue must be with my machine not having enough memory. But my machine could run everything just fine when using a different OS (with way more things installed).

Does anyone have any help or insight they might be able to provide? I have no interest in going back to Windows.

Thank you!

**SOLVED - increased the swap to 8 GB, which seems to have solved the issue for now. Thank you, everyone, for your help!

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My bad; I misunderstood your comment.

I was operating under the assumption that people would read the article and not think that at all, but you're absolutely right: the type of people who would say we should just keep churning out plastic are probably not the ones taking the time to actually look at articles.

[–] LucyMcGoose@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's actually the opposite of what the article is about! It's about reducing plastic production by creating biodegradable packaging using seaweed.

So, nothing to do with seaweed eating plastic, though I get why you would assume that. Seems every other week there's an article about a fungus or bacteria or magical plastic fairy that will make plastic disappear.

I hope the fact that this is a front-end solution to try and stop churning out plastic brightens your day. Wishing you a lovely weekend!