Pario TechnoBlob

A chronological documentation test project, nothing serious, really!

Month: April 2012

Linux

Manual download and install of VMware Tools in linux

This post describes how you can download and install the latest version of VMware Tools to a linux guest from a ESXi 5.0 host. You need SSH access rights to a VMware host to follow this guide. Allow SSH access to the VMware host you are about to access. This can be done in the […]

Linux

Change how the swap memory behave in Ubuntu

This post is just a cut and paste job from the Ubuntu SwapFaq for my future reference Ubuntu installation. The swappiness parameter controls the tendency of the kernel to move processes out of physical memory and onto the swap disk. Because disks are much slower than RAM, this can lead to slower response times for […]