new memory = more swap?

[Maynard Kuona]

> > You may need to confirm this. Otherwise, you might want to
> > increase the swap partition size.
> 
> Another option would be to use swap files.
> http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/x1790.html
> 
> I haven't tried it personally, so YMMV.
> 
> > The whole twice the amount of RAM you
> > have is a rule of thumb. If you do not expect to be swapping much, i.e.,
> > you are not doing any intensive graphics work, then you will hardly use
> > your swap anyway.
> 
> That is a very general statement that is wrong in a lot of cases.
> 
If he does not do anything too intensive I am sure 502MB is enough swap.
Depends on configuration I suppose.