I tend to prefer swapfiles.
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)
It is encrypted swap when on a fully encrypted drive without needing more partitioning work.
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.
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.
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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:22:57 -0700
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Subject: swap file vs swap partition
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Regarding swap file vs swap partition: Is one better than the other?
When I installed Kubuntu on my machine, both options were available and
I chose the swap file. The OS is installed on an SSD---------------------------------------------------
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