16 points | by jenders 20 hours ago ago
6 comments
Anything that does
create file chmod 0600 file
umask 077 create file
Probably not a great idea if you're using btrfs [0].
[0]: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Swapfile.html#:~:text...
I wonder if it works [reliably] on ZFS…
just buy more RAM, it's cheap enough...
Where do you live ? Must be some magical place where RAM is cheap !
Thank you for your opinion, Bill.
Just kidding, I agree with the sentiment. It's 2026 not 1976. You don't need separate physical partitions for most use cases.
Anything that does
should beProbably not a great idea if you're using btrfs [0].
[0]: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Swapfile.html#:~:text...
I wonder if it works [reliably] on ZFS…
just buy more RAM, it's cheap enough...
Where do you live ? Must be some magical place where RAM is cheap !
Thank you for your opinion, Bill.
Just kidding, I agree with the sentiment. It's 2026 not 1976. You don't need separate physical partitions for most use cases.