diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
index 87d17db..1a1ec2b 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ in
   # WebKit is the only engine left that handles the modern web.
   environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.epiphany ];
 
-  # 1GB RAM: compressed swap in front of the disk swap.
+  # 1GB RAM: compressed swap only (disk swap is off, see hardware file).
   zramSwap.enable = true;
+  # A heavy page (bbc.co.uk) used to freeze everything; now the biggest
+  # process (the browser's web process) dies instead.
+  services.earlyoom.enable = true;
 
   # The NixOS manual is a big from-source build on i686 for a page nobody reads.
   documentation.nixos.enable = false;
diff --git a/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix b/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
index 18aef4e..1490e32 100644
--- a/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
+++ b/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
     fsType = "ext4";
   };
 
-  swapDevices = [
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/32ca4097-0ea0-4594-998c-c5756591530e"; }
-  ];
+  # sda2 (uuid 32ca4097-…) is swap but left off: paging a browser to this disk
+  # froze the box for minutes. zram only, so earlyoom fires before a thrash.
+  swapDevices = [ ];
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "i686-linux";
   hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;