On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:46:05PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > After installing without AIF, I want to update the install wiki to drop a note > about swap. It isn't addressed at all. What is the current Arch recommendation > regarding swap creation? I.E.: recommended for systems w/less that 1G of RAM, > create swap file of what size? (256M?) Even if swap is not recommended, I at > least want to drop that note in the basic install. Thanks. As others on this thread have elaborated, it comes down to the individual's need. I don't think any distro can dictate about the need of a swap or not.