Ubuntu 22.04's new OOM kiler closes Firefox while in use

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  • systemd

    The systemd System and Service Manager

  • This is because systemd-oomd developers failed the https://www.linuxatemyram.com/ test. If your cache/buffers fill up your RAM, the daemon will go to town on your applications. Because it was checking Free and not Available!

    It isn't fixed until systemd v251, released 7 days ago.

    https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/030bc91cb98385904b...

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