Memrescue

Memrescue

Memrescue keeps your Linux desktop fast and responsive by proactively killing programs using too much memory and clearing swap/caches as needed.

Installation

You can install Memrescue using make:

$ make
$ sudo make install

Then, you can make it start on boot with systemd:

$ systemctl enable memrescue # Add --now to also start it immediately

Uninstallation

You can uninstall Memrescue using make:

$ sudo make uninstall

This will also disable and stop memrescue.service.

Updating

If you enabled memrescue.service, update with sudo make update to recompile Memrescue and restart the service. Otherwise, use sudo make install.

Usage (without systemd)

$ sudo memrescue

Configuring Memrescue

You can edit any of the options in config.hpp. However, you will need to compile Memrescue again, as if you are updating it.