No advantage other than un-cluttering your disk/partition scheme, freeing up that un-used partition space, but keeping the swap function, just in case. Some even call using a swapfile a "dirty hack", and I suppose it is. As mentioned, I never even see it used though, so for me it's just a way to be "safe" in case some program requires swap to work correctly. Might look into going the "zram" route in the future though!I have to ask, what is the advantage of a swap file over a partition?
Statistics: Posted by Dude Guyman — 2025-12-30 20:44