Two PS3 Linux Performance Tweaks

[wraggster]

First, bring up a terminal.
Applications > Accessories > Terminal

Then, in the window that comes up, type
sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10

To make the change permanent, do the following:
in the terminal, type
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
(if you don't have gedit, type sudo apt-get install gedit, then perform the above step)

In the sysctl.conf file, add this line at the bottom of the page:
vm.swappiness=10

Afterwards, either click File > Save
Or just click the Save icon.
Close the window afterwards.

Congratulations! You just forced Linux to use the PS3's RAM more often instead of virtual RAM on the Hard Drive (known as swap file...it's 100 times slower than RAM access).

http://www.pslegion.com/?q=node/159

[DPyro]

Why would you use gedit? Nano is much easier and is in most Linux Distros by default now.

[Gene]

Hey, good to know. Thanks for the info!:thumbup:

[porchemasi]

awsome i do notice some speedups!


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[NoQuarter]

The harddrive in the ps3 is a POS!
I usually turn the swappiness down on most of my computers,didn't think about doin it on my ps3...

[Triv1um]

Use nano, its built in with ubuntu and YDL.

So if you dont want to waste time/dont have internet rigged up. Replace gedit with nano in the command. Havent tried it but it should work.