I tend to prefer swapfiles.<br>Doesn't require a partition, so it can be resized easily and won't require you to know the partition number. (Opinion: fewer partitions is just easier)<br>It is encrypted swap when on a fully encrypted drive without needing more partitioning work.<br><br>I don't actually know a reason to make swap a partition over a swapfile. I imagine there is a partition setting somehow or maybe the inability to resize is desirable, but that hasn't been my use case before.<br><br>To be fair though... I don't use hibernate so don't really need a swap either. So it is rare I'd need it anyway.<br>------------------------------<br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:22:57 -0700<br>From: Jim &lt;azanorak@gmail.com&gt;<br>To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br>Subject: swap file vs swap partition<br>Message-ID: &lt;4613ab4d-61b5-34b0-4944-d0917cec234e@gmail.com&gt;<br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br>Regarding swap file vs swap partition: Is one better than the other? <br>When I installed Kubuntu on my machine, both options were available and<br>I chose the swap file.  The OS is installed on an SSD