of course. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Yes, but based on my usage I have no need for swap at all so why create a > swap and then swappiness settings, when i can just skip it. I don't really > do dev work, which is where swap can be really good because it will give > you some buffer in case of runaway processes. > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> did you know you can reduce the tendency of swap usage with something >> called swappiness? I'm sure I'm explaining it wrong so you will need to >> research it more. Here are the notes I took regarding it: >> >> sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf >> --add at the bottom of that text file-- >> # >> # Reduce the swap tendency >> vm.swappiness = 10 >> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Stephen Partington > > wrote: >> >>> Lol, >>> >>> With a mechanical drive i would give it a token bit of swap, but with an >>> SSD i am more interested in reducing write cycles. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >>>> no swap? Come on..... you ONLY have 16 GB of RAM. >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Stephen Partington < >>>> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My normal partition setup is usually /boot of about 1-2GB (excessive >>>>> but i have run out of boot space before and it was ugly) and / and for >>>>> mechanical HDD's 2-6gb swap depending on use/ram availability, for my >>>>> recent install i have no swap and 16gb ram and running linux on an ssd. >>>>> >>>>> space used in home i would take a peek at how much "stuf" you have >>>>> stashed there. and plan accordingly, but 20GB overall is usually enough for >>>>> Linux depending on where you install/put things. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Stephen M >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I need to reinstall a new OS on my laptop because Mint 17.1 keeps >>>>>> having trouble downloading packages sometimes. Mostly it says that 'a >>>>>> template for "rebecca" could not be found.' So the release is just having >>>>>> growing pains. >>>>>> >>>>>> Onto my question though, I want to install something else but want to >>>>>> know about partitioning my drive. I have not gotten into LVMs so I need to >>>>>> read up on those before trying. I know that it depends but I would like >>>>>> some options. I have a 250 GB drive, I am wanting to make a separate /, >>>>>> home, var, tmp, and usr directories. I am looking for a possible percentage >>>>>> of whats best works for a home computer more or less. >>>>>> >>>>>> If someone doesn't mind giving me an insight that would be helpful. >>>>>> Usually I have done 5-10GB for / and 2GB for swap and the rest for home. I >>>>>> want to see what others have tried in the past that has worked for them. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you in advance. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Stephen Melheim >>>>>> 602-400-7707 >>>>>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>>> >>>>> Stephen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >