HOWTO: Make Linux Faster and Smoother!

**rbolio** · August 4th, 2008

HI!
Hey i did all of the recomendations.... and uh....my Laptop doesnt work right... none of the applications, places system......menus work, none of the bars work and i dont know.....its as if my computer was partially frozen.....any help please?

**sayakb** · August 5th, 2008

I don't think any of the tweaks described can cause such results. Can you provide more details? Try changing the swappiness back to 30 (which is the default value), though I doubt that it would do any good. Further information will be appreciated.

**bhavi** · August 20th, 2008

Nice tutorial. If you can mention the websites in a references heading it would be great.

**Stoowyguy** · August 17th, 2011

Thanks Bro!! The installing that preload thing kind of helped alot. Why does it help so much?

**Duncan Williams** · August 18th, 2011

http://techthrob.com/2009/03/02/dra

**'76** · August 21st, 2011

great thread, never seen libre-office load so fast!

thanks sayakb!

**timitiwinkle** · June 20th, 2012

we can make Linux to run faster by changing the file system that was installed on the computer or use a program called Prelink, which links shared objects for programs. mainframe modernization Find a system on Linux that will optimize how small files are used with help from a software developer in this free video on Linux.