I switched to using zramswap-enabler instead of a real swap partition it makes things a lot better if you have the ram..
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shnatsel/zram && sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get install zramswap-enabler -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 Title: Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/131094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs