sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

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sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

Reduce swappiness to 10 — tell the kernel to prefer RAM over swap

Sets swappiness immediately without a reboot. Add 'vm.swappiness=10' to /etc/sysctl.conf to make it permanent. Lower swappiness improves application response time by avoiding disk-based swap usage.
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