I had attached my laptop specifications. I use chromium browser, microsoft teams for work. In an 8 hrs of work, my laptop slowly becomes slower by around 3 - 4hrs of work.
When I restart my laptop, it gets speed. How to resolve this without restarting everytime? Do I need to clean ram memory frequently?
You have too little RAM, and too little SWAP. Ultimately you should add more RAM.
Let's try and compensate by increasing your /swapfile from 2G to 4G...
Note: Incorrect use of the rm and dd commands can cause data loss. Suggest copy/paste.
In the terminal...
sudo swapoff -a # turn off swap
sudo rm -i /swapfile # remove old /swapfile
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile # set proper file protections
sudo mkswap /swapfile # init /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile # turn on swap
free -h # confirm 4G RAM and 4G swap
Edit /etc/fstab, using sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab or sudo pico /etc/fstab.
Confirm this /swapfile line in /etc/fstab... and confirm no other “swap” lines... use SPACES in this line... confirm NO TABS...
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
reboot # reboot and verify operation
