I've just set up Nobara on my machine and during the process of updating and installing apps, I'm experiencing freezes. I have 32GB of RAM, so I didn't think I needed to create swap space. Is there any reason this is happening?
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Check your RAM usage using a tool like 'htop' or even 'free -h' in the terminal. Just because you have 32GB doesn’t mean you won’t hit a limit, especially with Nobara's design. If your system freezes, it might not be just RAM—it could be slow hardware or driver issues. Check your CPU and HDD as well.
Always a good idea to have some swap space set up, even 4-5GB can help with efficiency. Your system may be struggling because of memory pressure without swap. Also, consider that faulty RAM or incompatible hardware could be causing the freeze, so it’s worth checking those out too.
What’s the best way to check for faulty RAM? I always worry about that.