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[–] 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Even without hibernation, data in apps you have open will end up in the swap if your system is ever RAM-constrained.

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  • [–] 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child)

    Generally it only happens to programs you keep running in the background and might not use for a long time that also don't have much background activity. For example password managers.

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