Title. Besides setting tmpfs to use 10GiB of it to store downloads.

    • GustavoM@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 months ago

      Does it improve performance in any way? Seems a bit obvious, but I’ll ask anyways for the sake of curiosity.

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        11 months ago

        Yes, and if you have an ssd, it will decrease the amount of usage that the limited(albeit ridiculously high) read/write cycles the ssd is capable of. However, it is unlikely you will hit those limits with that kind of usage, lol

        Also, memory is faster always, but your usage is negligible. You can disable swap(linux/mac) or page file(windows) to force memory to be used, and your drive is used less. Firefox can be configured to disable disk cache and increase ram cache. Also, it will be noted that this cache is marked as temporary ram cache. any application that needs more ram can delete the temp cache for usage(dynamic ram usage)

        But that’s it. The best thing to do is live your life and be happy that you are future proofed for any task that may arise.