[olug] ubuntu slowing down

[T. J. Brumfield]

Ubuntu is designed all around giving an easy installer and defaults
that should work for most people.

This is another area where I prefer the approach of openSUSE. Mind
you, I haven't installed Ubuntu since 7.10, but that installer gave me
no option to control packages I wanted installed initially.

openSUSE not only lets you select individual packages, but they set up
package groups. I've seen others set up groups like Games, Graphics,
Office, etc. However openSUSE has groups for tasks such as File
Server, Laptop, Development, etc. It helps you easily decide what you
want and don't want.

-- T. J. Brumfield

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:57 AM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> if you install in text mode, you have many package selection options.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Benjamin Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I haven't seen my particular system slow down over time.  But the
>> speed difference pre-Feisty compared to now is very noticeable.  And
>> I'm talking everything: boot, initial X login, starting apps, etc.
>> That's what I mean by bloat.  And I'm comparing clean installations on
>> the same hardware.
>>
>> I would be nice on the stock Ubuntu installation, if there were
>> choices on installation (e.g. low, medium, high) to help the user
>> figure how many features (and to what level they're enabled) get
>> installed rather than having different distros.  Then you could have
>> the option to manipulate these low, medium, and high values post
>> installation to see how your system handles it.
>>
>> Just my $0.02
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I don't use Ubuntu, but I rarely see slowdowns in Linux usage over
>> > time. However, I'd upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu to get the
>> > newer kernel, ext4, and newer builds of Firefox. All should give you
>> > speed gains.
>> >
>> > I'd also look into disabling unnecessary services to maximize the
>> > little memory you have.
>> >
>> > Lubuntu (which is still a beta, but promising) also merits mentioning.
>> >
>> > -- T. J. Brumfield
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