http://www.akitaonrails.com/2017/01/17/ ... -computers Interesting link, but seems to be in different ballpark when comes to RAM. Discusses RAM in multiples of GIB, while I have under 1 GiB, 872 MiB to be precise. Also no mention of using
zram, although I myself have perceived no advantage from giving over 5% of RAM to its use. Article recommends:
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vm.swappiness=1
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
and in comparison I run with:
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vm.swappiness=10
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=100
Swappiness setting less than 10 has given me trouble, however must try cache_pressure readjustment.
Snapshot of System: Porteus Cinnamon with KDE activated (003-kde5.xzm)
Browser PaleMoon open with 10 tabs, current tab you tube video paused.
Minimized: Nemo, Conky, uxterm, Kate, Konsole
Cinnamon applets available: Pomidore, Timer, Screen Save Blocker
Conky Stats:
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RAM: 688/872 MiB 78% Usage
SWAP: 287/645 MiB 44% Usage
CPU: 2700 Mhz 3-4 % Usage
Swap Management
Sometimes when running PaleMoon swap usage reaches 588/645. Now after closing PM and restarting, swap usage still shows 588, and gradually increases from there. Thought PaleMoon was to blame, However if after closing PM make another swap area of greater size available, then turn off swap on area showing 588 MiB, the new swap area shows something like 245 MiB usage. And after restarting PM the swap usage will show something over 300 MiB, and gradually increase from there. So maybe there is still some room for tuning of swap management.
Linux porteus 4.4.0-porteus #3 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 23 07:01:55 UTC 2016 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) 140 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2) MemTotal: 901760 kB MemFree: 66752 kB