Published on Feb 1, 2013
This week I'm showing you some tried and true ways to get the most performance out of your Ubuntu box. Add me: ||http://bit.ly/nixgoogleplus Code used in Video (in order of appearance)
* Show Hidden Startup Apps:
sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g
* Install Preload from Software Center
* Change Swappiness Value
1. Run terminal
2. Enter following line to see current swappiness value
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
(default value in Ubuntu for swappiness is 60)
3. Open file /etc/sysctl.conf in a text editor, I did
gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
4. nter the following parameter
# Decrease swappiness value
vm.swappiness=10
5. Save the file and restart the computer
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwBoHZuauL8
* Show Hidden Startup Apps:
sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g
* Install Preload from Software Center
* Change Swappiness Value
1. Run terminal
2. Enter following line to see current swappiness value
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
(default value in Ubuntu for swappiness is 60)
3. Open file /etc/sysctl.conf in a text editor, I did
gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
4. nter the following parameter
# Decrease swappiness value
vm.swappiness=10
5. Save the file and restart the computer
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwBoHZuauL8
