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-====== Directory - Place /tmp on a tmpfs partition ======
-<WRAP important>
-**WARNING:**  Only follow these instructions if your system had at least 4GB memory!
-Because then this tweak won't make them faster, but (much) slower.
-</WRAP>
-Speed up your system a bit by placing **/tmp** on a tmpfs partition.
-Any temporary files will not be placed on the hard disk anymore, but on a virtual RAM disk instead.
-----
-<code bash>
-sudo cp -v /usr/share/systemd/tmp.mount /etc/systemd/system/
-sudo systemctl enable tmp.mount
-</code>
-Reboot your computer.
-After the reboot, check whether it works:
-<code bash>
-systemctl status tmp.mount
-</code>
-By  default, a tmpfs partition has its maximum size set to half your total RAM.
-The actual memory consumption depends on how much you fill it up, as a tmpfs partition doesn't consume any memory until it is actually needed.
-----
-===== To undo tmpfs =====
-<code bash>
-sudo rm -v /etc/systemd/system/tmp.mount
-</code>
-Reboot.