How to optimize Manjaro performance on an older laptop?

[charles1]

I would recommend settings up zram-genereator. Easy tutorial over here →

[HowTo] Install and configure zram using zram-generator

Install and Configure ZRAM using zram-generator Note that zram is not compatible with hibernation unless combined with a swap device. If you are here just to have a quick install method you may skip to this section. Install zram-generator Execute: sudo pacman -Syu zram-generator Configure zram-generator Create file /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf with contents: [zram0] zram-size = ram * 2 compression-algorithm = zstd swap-priority = 100 fs-ty…