ReverendIrreverence

is there a “better” default than 60 these days on newer kernels (I’m on 6.17.0-20 at the moment)?

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness Open /etc/sysctl.conf for editing: sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf Add vm.swappiness=10 at the end and save the file. Reboot your system and check the swappiness value: cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness # 10

What Linux user wants either of those?

No idea. Once I recognized their mental disorder and cut ties I have never heard from or talked to them again.