I've had that same experience. On new systems I install earlyoom. I'd rather hav...

		01HNNWZ0MV43FF 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modernizing swapping: virtual swap spaces I've had that same experience. On new systems I install earlyoom. I'd rather have one app die than the whole system. You'd think after 30 years of GUIs and multi-tasking, we'd have this figured out, but then again we don't even have a good GUI framework.

I used to use it but it's too aggressive. It kills stuff too quickly.