diff --git a/linux-managements/setup.sh b/linux-managements/setup.sh
index 0c71272..db30b60 100755
--- a/linux-managements/setup.sh
+++ b/linux-managements/setup.sh
@@ -521,6 +521,151 @@ disable_selinux() {
     esac
 }
 
+# ─── Virtual Memory (Swap) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Read a numeric field from /proc/meminfo (value in kB).
+meminfo_kb() {
+    local key="$1"
+    awk -v k="$key" '$1 == k":" { print $2; exit }' /proc/meminfo
+}
+
+format_size_kb() {
+    local kb="${1:-0}"
+    if (( kb >= 1048576 )); then
+        awk -v n="$kb" 'BEGIN { printf "%.1f GiB", n / 1048576 }'
+    elif (( kb >= 1024 )); then
+        awk -v n="$kb" 'BEGIN { printf "%.0f MiB", n / 1024 }'
+    else
+        echo "${kb} KiB"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Round up to the nearest 512 MiB (sensible swapfile size).
+round_swap_kb() {
+    local kb="${1:-0}"
+    local unit=524288
+    echo $(( (kb + unit - 1) / unit * unit ))
+}
+
+# Recommended total swap (kB) from RAM — common server/desktop heuristics.
+recommend_swap_kb() {
+    local ram_kb="${1:-0}"
+    local rec=0
+
+    if (( ram_kb < 2097152 )); then
+        rec=$(( ram_kb * 2 ))
+    elif (( ram_kb < 8388608 )); then
+        rec=$ram_kb
+    elif (( ram_kb < 67108864 )); then
+        rec=4194304
+    else
+        rec=8388608
+    fi
+
+    round_swap_kb "$rec"
+}
+
+setup_swap() {
+    step "Virtual Memory (Swap)"
+
+    if [ ! -r /proc/meminfo ]; then
+        warn "Cannot read /proc/meminfo — skipping swap check"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    local ram_kb swap_kb swap_free_kb recommended_kb deficit_kb add_kb
+    ram_kb="$(meminfo_kb MemTotal)"
+    swap_kb="$(meminfo_kb SwapTotal)"
+    swap_free_kb="$(meminfo_kb SwapFree)"
+    recommended_kb="$(recommend_swap_kb "$ram_kb")"
+
+    info "Physical memory (RAM):  $(format_size_kb "$ram_kb")"
+    info "Swap (total):           $(format_size_kb "$swap_kb")"
+    if (( swap_kb > 0 )); then
+        info "Swap (free):            $(format_size_kb "$swap_free_kb")"
+    fi
+    info "Recommended total swap: $(format_size_kb "$recommended_kb")"
+
+    if [ -r /proc/sys/vm/swappiness ]; then
+        info "Swappiness:             $(cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness)"
+    fi
+
+    if swapon --show=NAME 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
+        info "Active swap devices:"
+        swapon --show=NAME,TYPE,SIZE,USED,PRIO 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r line; do
+            echo "    $line"
+        done
+    fi
+
+    # Within ~5% of recommendation counts as adequate.
+    local threshold_kb=$(( recommended_kb * 95 / 100 ))
+    if (( swap_kb >= threshold_kb )); then
+        success "Swap is adequate (current ≥ recommended)"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    deficit_kb=$(( recommended_kb - swap_kb ))
+    add_kb="$(round_swap_kb "$deficit_kb")"
+    if (( add_kb < 524288 )); then
+        add_kb=524288
+    fi
+
+    warn "Swap is below recommended — consider increasing virtual memory"
+    echo -e "  Suggested ${BOLD}additional${NC} swap: $(format_size_kb "$add_kb")"
+    echo -e "  (would bring total swap to about $(format_size_kb "$(( swap_kb + add_kb ))"))"
+
+    prompt_read ans "Create a swap file now? [y/N] "
+    case "$ans" in
+        [Yy]*)
+            create_swapfile "$add_kb"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            info "Skipping swap creation — you can add swap manually later"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+create_swapfile() {
+    local add_kb="${1:?swap size in kB required}"
+    local swapfile="/swapfile"
+
+    if [ -f "$swapfile" ]; then
+        if swapon --show=NAME 2>/dev/null | grep -qF "$swapfile"; then
+            warn "$swapfile is already active — not creating a second file"
+            return
+        fi
+        warn "$swapfile exists but is not active — remove or enable it manually before re-running"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local size_human
+    size_human="$(format_size_kb "$add_kb")"
+    info "Creating ${size_human} swap file at ${swapfile} ..."
+
+    local size_bytes=$(( add_kb * 1024 ))
+    if psudo fallocate -l "$size_bytes" "$swapfile" 2>/dev/null; then
+        success "Allocated swap file with fallocate"
+    else
+        warn "fallocate failed — falling back to dd (this may take a while)"
+        local count_mib=$(( add_kb / 1024 ))
+        if ! psudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$swapfile" bs=1M count="$count_mib" status=progress 2>/dev/null; then
+            psudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$swapfile" bs=1M count="$count_mib"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    psudo chmod 600 "$swapfile"
+    psudo mkswap "$swapfile" >/dev/null
+    psudo swapon "$swapfile"
+
+    if ! psudo grep -qF "$swapfile" /etc/fstab 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "$swapfile none swap sw 0 0" | psudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null
+        success "Persisted swap in /etc/fstab"
+    fi
+
+    local new_swap_kb
+    new_swap_kb="$(meminfo_kb SwapTotal)"
+    success "Swap enabled — total swap is now $(format_size_kb "$new_swap_kb")"
+}
+
 # ─── Sudo Privilege Check ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ensure_sudo() {
     step "Sudo Privilege Check"
@@ -618,6 +763,7 @@ main() {
 
     set_hostname
     disable_selinux
+    setup_swap
 
     setup_proxy
     setup_ssh_key