Adding memory

[davesbedroom]

I ordered some more memory and I can't wait to install Gutsy before I get it. I have some memory.

My question is, if I install with 1GB of physical memory and then upgrade to 8GB. Should I reinstall the kernel or do anything? Or will the system just notice the extra memory and make use of it?

[Temüjin]

The system should definitely detect and use the extra memory. Your OS won't be a problem, since you had the foresight to install a 64-bit distro. Just make sure your BIOS can detect 8GB

One setting I would recommend changing is vm.swappiness
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc and add the following line (or edit if it already exists):
vm.swappiness=10Since you'll have a lot of free memory, there's no reason to swap to disk until you really start getting low on memmory.