after-install-System-configuration.md

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 1.  [Audio and realtime group](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#add-user-to-audio-and-realtime-group)
 2.  [Changing swappiness value](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#changing-swappiness-value)
-3.  [CPU frequency scaling](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#set-governor-to-performance)
-4.  [Using the threadirqs kernel parameter](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#add-threadirqs-to-grub_cmdline_linux_default)
-5.  [Unlocking memory](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#unlocking-memory)
-6.  [Increase Open Files Limit](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#increase-open-files-limit-for-ardour)
-7.  [More details about Professional Audio](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Professional_audio)
+3.  [Increasing the maximum watches on files]()
+4.  [CPU frequency scaling](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#set-governor-to-performance)
+5.  [Using the threadirqs kernel parameter](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#add-threadirqs-to-grub_cmdline_linux_default)
+6.  [Unlocking memory](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#unlocking-memory)
+7.  [Increase Open Files Limit](https://gitlab.com/ProjektRoot/RecBox-config/wikis/after-install-System-configuration#increase-open-files-limit-for-ardour)
+8.  [More details about Professional Audio](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Professional_audio)
 
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 [Tuning the Memory Management](https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/tuning/html/book.sle.tuning/cha.tuning.memory.html#cha.tuning.memory.vm.reclaim) | [About Swap](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Swap#Swappiness)
 
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+
+#### **Increasing the maximum watches on files**:
+
+Increasing the maximum watches on files (defaults to `524288`) to e.g. `600000`, that inotify keeps track of for your user, can help with applications, that require many file handles (such as **[DAWs](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications#Digital_audio_workstations)**). This again can be done on the fly with `sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=600000` or in a dedicated configuration file:
+
+```
+Check:
+sysctl fs.inotify
+
+Create config file:
+sudo nano /etc/sysctl.d/90-max_user_watches.conf
+
+and paste this:
+fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 600000
+```
 
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