Hi, how many guys in endeavour os community uses zram ?
And to activate zram on endeavour os
Enable zram:
sudo pacman -S zram-generator
sudo touch /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf
sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf
I use this configuration:
[zram0]
zram-fraction = 1.0
# Maximum is half of my usable RAM.
max-zram-size = 6144
compression-algorithm = zstd
Thanx 
Are this steps are correct?
Am i missing something?
I use it on all my physical machines at this point.
Not exactly. First of all, there is no reason to touch a file before editing it.
You should setup the file at /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf instead of using the location in /usr/lib
These days I am using 100% of ram up to 8GB.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf
Like this?
Sure. That is one way to do it.
Which way you had do this?
I am learning terminal, so i want to know
There are virtually an unlimited number of ways to edit and/or install a configuration file. Using sudo nano is a perfectly reasonable way.
I would use vi personally but I donât recommend that if you donât know how to use it.
And can you show us
Your zram configuration
It would be helpful for newbie like me
I could if I had access to that machine but I am not in front of it at the moment.
Ok
And to disable zswap,
Because it can cause problems with zRAM
Steps
cat /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled
an is Y then disable it
in the grub with
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
In the Nano editor, locate the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. This line of code in the configuration file should have a few command-line arguments, such as âquiet splash,â and maybe a few others. Donât erase them! Instead, add the code below at the end of the line.
zswap.enabled=0
then
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Are this steps are correct?
You shouldnât need to disable zswap. It shouldnât be used by default.
Where are you getting these instructions?
Arrch Forum & Reddit
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/improving_performance#zram_or_zswap
arch wiki says we need to disable zswap,
zswap is enabled by default in endos
I didnt notice that. I am using zram but I have not disabled any zswap. Are you sure about the EndeavourOS default?
My /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf is very simple:
[zram0]
max-zram-size = 12288
I am only specifying the amount of RAM. Thats it.
According to the Arch Wiki:
In the stable linux official kernel, zswap is enabled by default. This can be verified via the
CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ONflag in the stable kernel config.
Yes it is enabled by default on enos
I missed that. Thank you. I am running zram since ages without disabling zswap. I will disable it now.
Why 12228?