How to make Linux Mint 14 faster

How to make Linux Mint 14 faster

This tutorial is going to show you how to make general Linux Mint load and run faster by optimizing the swap file. I called this method as swap file optimization on Linux Mint. I hope this method will works on the next Linux Mint 14, Nadia. I already tested this tutorial how to make Linux Mint faster on my Linux Mint 13. 

Step to make Linux Mint faster:

First, check the default swap file configuration by executing this command on Terminal

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

The command above will result a number such as 60 (on my standard Linux Mint 13 configuration). This number (60) is usually good for a system service but its still too high if we want gain better performance. So, the idea is to change this value into something smaller, i.e: 10

To change this number, execute this command

sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

Then paste this line

#
# Reduce the swap tendency vm.swappiness = 10

Now reboot Linux Mint and feel the differences.