The default value of 60 was chosen as a middle of the road between servers and desktops. There are some details here: http://lwn.net/Articles/83588/
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977319 Title: Swappiness not optimal for desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/977319/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs