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Swap Across Five Platforms — Compress First, Spill Later
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What Happened | the Linux kernel's zram documentation; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 documentation; the Btrfs project's documentation; Robert Triggs / Android Authority (2025); AOSP's lmkd documentation; Ethan Creeger / Microsoft (2015); Microsoft's Compression API reference; dfir.ru (2018); Apple's Platform Security Guide; Apple's published XNU source; Chris Down (2018); Geoff Gasior / The Tech Report (2015) |
| Timeline | Geoff Gasior / The Tech Report (2015); Ethan Creeger / Microsoft (2015); Chris Down (2018); the Linux kernel's PSI documentation; kernelnewbies.org, Linux 4.20; the Btrfs project's documentation; Apple's Platform Security Guide; the Fedora Project Wiki; Robert Triggs / Android Authority (2025); Apple's published XNU source |
| The Argument | Chris Down (2018); the systemd-oomd manual page; the Linux kernel's PSI documentation; kernelnewbies.org, Linux 4.20; Robert Triggs / Android Authority (2025); the Fedora Project Wiki; the Linux kernel's sysctl/vm documentation; AOSP's lmkd documentation |
| What Others Add | Ethan Creeger / Microsoft (2015); dfir.ru (2018); Microsoft's Compression API reference; Apple's published XNU source; the Linux kernel's zram documentation; the Android common kernel's configuration; Microsoft's guide to page files; Apple's Platform Security Guide; Robert Triggs / Android Authority (2025); Geoff Gasior / The Tech Report (2015); Lexar (2025); Chris Down (2026); the Fedora Project Wiki; the Linux kernel's sysctl/vm documentation; AOSP's lmkd documentation; the Linux kernel's PSI documentation; the systemd-oomd manual page |
| Conclusion | Microsoft's guide to page files; Apple Support's Activity Monitor guide; the Btrfs project's documentation; the Linux kernel's PSI documentation; the systemd-oomd manual page; Robert Triggs / Android Authority (2025); the Fedora Project Wiki; Chris Down (2026); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 documentation; Apple's SIP documentation; Yi Luan (2024) |
What the evidence base looks like
- 24Sources behind this article
- 5Sections, every one of them sourced
- 24Read in full
- 3Read through an archive copy or a mirror
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| The platform makers' own documentation and source code | 10 | All read in full; one guide through its published source text, one 2015 post through a community mirror after the original page was removed, and one set of documentation could not be re-read at a later check |
| Open-source projects' own documentation | 6 | All read in full |
| Engineers' and users' blogs, guides and community references | 5 | All read in full; one through an archive copy after the site refused the request, and one names no author |
| Independent technology journalism | 2 | Both read in full; one through an archive copy after the original site went dark |
| A drive maker's own guide | 1 | Read in full |
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