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swapiness on Linux

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Change Swappiness Value

Run terminal
Enter following line to see current swappiness value cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness (default value in Ubuntu for swappiness is 60)
Open file /etc/sysctl.conf in a text editor, I did vim /etc/sysctl.conf
Enter the following parameter

Decrease swappiness value

vm.swappiness=10

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