![]() ![]() The argument that "the hd is faster" doesn't matter so much then, because the whole reason the computer slows down is because of too many write operations. I would use an usb stick because i dont agree with the criticism as long as you 1) set a low vm.swappiness value so that it doesnt swap so often and your disk doesnt get worn out superquick and 2) you have a quick usb. I also used systemd-swap although im not sure this actually brought any speedups, the major factor seems to have been vm.swappiness and liquorix. Notably, it was slow to go from a vim window in konsole(yes, i use kde, i have to have all the features ) to a webppage for example. The liquorix kernel *seems* to have brought some additional speedups. Admittedly this makes applications just flat out shutdown sometimes - so a safer value is probably 5, or 10 or something - but i much prefer this to having my computer stall and me having to end the program anyway, usually. This made linux use a lot more swap than it should so i sat vm.swappiness to 0. I found that the major source of slowdown was that the linux kernel swapped too much. Sorry for late reply but i think what i found may be useful for others so i will list what i did. Is it possible still or do i need to delete its contents? i frequently run out of mem and ive heard its possible to use usb as extra mem but i actually need this usbstick, but can use most of the space on it for memory. Any ideas for which patches to apply, which options to muck with in kernel settings?. I don't need printer support for example, don't need bluetooth etc. i'm trying to build a tiny kernel tailored for this comp, a thinkpad T410. So to tl dr: i don't need a lot of the extra functions in kernel but can't remember which options were good to disable/enable. Im already using qupzilla which helped a bit. I can't really remember now though and see that at least one of the patches i used aren't in dev anymore(tiny linux).Do anyone have some ideas how i can do this? The load i have is mostly having a bunch of bitcoin exchanges open in a browser that do a lot of javascript & graphics and i need to be able to run the whole thing smoothly while swtitching between windows, writing scripts, etc. I barely knew what i was doing then, but simply googled for patches for the linux kernel applied them & sat various options in kernel conf. I switched back to archlinux a month ago though(from windows - unfortunately had to use it for work) and i remember experimenting with the kernel a couple years ago, making a slow comp react instantly by ricing the kernel insanely. I have actually been an archlinux user for many years, but i have lost my login details and haven't been on the forum or archlinux for years. ![]()
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