How much swap space should I allocate? [SOLVED]

Hey guys,
I am planning on installing Arch Linux KDE on my Lenovo Y470: I5,4 gig ram, Nvidia gt 540M. How much of swap space should I have ?
And I could use some clarification on "rolling release" as to what it means :-)
Thanks
Last edited by pyarch (2011-10-01 03:18:43)

karol wrote:
The packages get updated to whatever the upstream calls stable release. You get some updated packages every day.
There's no Arch Release, but we do have an iso you use to install the system for the first time.
My today's update:
[2011-09-30 16:41] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-09-30 16:41] synchronizing package lists
[2011-09-30 16:42] starting full system upgrade
[2011-09-30 16:42] upgraded vim-runtime (7.3.294-1 -> 7.3.322-1)
[2011-09-30 16:42] upgraded vim (7.3.294-1 -> 7.3.322-1)
Ok, thanks alot
fingers crossed, hope my installation goes well

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