I'm using an SD card as a temporary main storage. I could technically put in an ssd, but I lost/broke the part where a screw would go to hold it in place (it's a strange laptop...), so the only option I would have is to tape it, and I don't feel comfortable letting it potentially flop around in there...
As for what a swap file is (that's the name I found for it), it is virtual memory. It was reserving that space to use as RAM if need be, when I already have 2/3rds as much ram as storage.
The child already looks tired of the bullshit that happens with Linux.
A few days ago I discovered that I had either a 6 or 8 gigabyte swap file.
I have 20 gigs of ram already, and was running out of a 32 GB SD card...
I'm sorry to tell you, that is infinitely improbable.
Although who knows, I did the math in a restaurant, but that might just be somebody else's problem.
Linux updates: here's the whole new desktop, GUI, appstore, start menu analog, and you can now summon a demon to do your bidding (no gui yet, you have to use the terminal until next update)
This made me think of two things: a parody version of the song that is about vampires, and that making the entirety of Africa into Rain World for vampires
Fuck monkey, return to dimetrodon