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Increase swapfile size in Ubuntu

· Filed under Linux, Ubuntu

The default of 2 GB turned out to be a bit limiting.
There was a nice guide over at here. 
sudo swapoff /swapfile
sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
swapon --show
free -h

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