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Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

What should it be set to?

The steam deck has it set to 2147483642.

[–] shadowintheday2@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Also known as (close) to max signed int32

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

That's also the default value on Garuda (arch-based, gaming-oriented)

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

This sounds like a massive number. Also, I don't even have this sysctl.conf on my endeavouros install! I had to create one and add this value to it