On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Bill Vyzas <vizasb(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question about the tunables section. Why the changes from bad to > good are not permanent? > > I don't think it is something very hard to implement, the popular solution > on the web is to create a text file with the appropriate commands and have > it run every time in the login. I suspect that by making some of the changes > permanent you are essentially changing kernel settings so possibly you run > the risk of a broken kernel. This question has been answered many times on this list, please search the mailing list archives for the full rationale and discussion. Short answer: Your Linux distribution is supposed to properly tune your system for you. PowerTOP is not an end-user tool that you should be running every day. Cheers, Auke