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 > sysctl -w vm.swappiness=30
 vm.swappiness = 30
+</Code>
+To make swappiness persistent:
+<Code:bash>
+> nano /etc/systectl.conf
+...
+###################################################################
+# Swap usage
+#
+# vm.swappiness = 0         The kernel will swap only to avoid an out of memory condition
+# vm.swappiness = 1         Minimum amount of swapping without disabling it entirely.
+# vm.swappiness = 10        This value is sometimes recommended to improve performance when sufficient memory exists in a system.
+# vm.swappiness = 60        The default value.
+# vm.swappiness = 100       The kernel will swap aggressively.
+###################################################################
+vm.swappiness = 10
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 ==== Time Sync ====
-One important aspect when setting up a new system is time synchronization, to achieve this we'll use ''ntp''. Debian 9 has time synchronization built in and activated by default using the standard ''ntpd'' time server, provided by the ''ntp'' package.
+One important aspect when setting up a new system is time synchronization, to achieve this we'll use ''ntp''. Debian 9 should have time synchronization built in and activated by default using the standard ''ntpd'' time server, provided by the ''ntp'' package.
 First lets check whether the ''ntp'' time server is running:
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 You can refer to [[https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2015/04/27/how-to-manage-system-services-on-debian-jessie/|this list of systemctl commands]] to see how to manage services.
+To configure your system's time zone use the ''dpkg-reconfigure tzdata''
 ==== SMART ====