
You can reduce your swappiness from the terminal with one command.
sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10
The command shown above is not a permanent fix, however, if you are satisfied with the performance boost, The Webs Best explains how you can make it permanent and do a whole lot more. Although the guide is written with an Ubuntu slant, you can perform these tasks on just about every distro.How to tune your Ubuntu PC for faster performance. [The Webs Best]
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