Ubuntu 26.10 changes how the system decides which processes get killed when memory runs low, so a rogue music player or browser tab is less likely to punt you back to the login screen. Right now, when your system runs out of memory, the kernel’s out-of-memory (OOM) killer starts terminating processes to release some. The issue is that doesn’t always kill the right things because, by default, many apps and critical desktop services share the same priority score. When the OOM killer is hunting for what to free, it looks at scores, not “what’s using the most memory”. Firefox and […]You're reading Ubuntu 26.10 stops low memory from killing your desktop, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.