Use TMPFS to make Ubuntu 12.10 faster

October 24, 2012, 3:42 PM — Here's how you can use TMPFS to lessen disk writing and reading. This will help speed up Ubuntu 12.10 since it will use RAM instead of the hard disk.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Type in the following command to edit the /etc/fstab file, then hit Enter.

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

3. Place these two lines at the end of the file:

# Move /tmp to RAM
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noexec,nosuid 0 0

4. Save your edited file.

5. Reboot your system.

For more, see the original article at the link below.

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