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michelsaey

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 Reduce swappines

The swap tendancy is way to high in Linux Mint.

You can reduce it by following these steps:

-open a terminal en type: cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

The tendancy is probably '60', what good is for servers but is to high for normal users

-type in terminal:  gksudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf  (in mate you use pluma instead of gedit)

-add at the bottom of that text file, the following lines (copy and paste):

#
# Reduce the swap tendency
vm.swappiness = 10

-save the file and restart the computer.

The rule is:

1GB RAM or more: set the swappiness to 10

Less then 1GB: set the swappiness to 1

Comments
8 months ago	JuneKernel	1 Other than your opinion why is this prudent? 2 for installs TO usb flash?
10 months ago	Mintification	I do this for any Mint installs. Good tutorial :)

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