[olug] ubuntu slowing down

[DYNATRON tech]

if i understand you correctly...

runs great;
you open your browser;
you close your browser;
runs like shit

correct?



if so, firefox may not be exiting when you close the window.
after closing firefox, open a terminal and do this....

*ps aux | grep firefox*

see if firefox is still on the list. it would look something like below, but
maybe a different version number.
*1000      7783  6.7 19.5 763380 172220 ?       Sl   Oct30   8:21
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.15/firefox*
if so, this is bad, and it may be eating up your resources after you close
the window.


(ignore the line that says "grep firefox", that's the command you are
running)
*1000     12046  0.0  0.1   7524   904 pts/2    S+   01:03   0:00 grep
firefox*






On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Paul H. Lewis <phldml3 at cox.net> wrote:

> I haven't noticed a slow down from 8.04 to 8.10.  The slow down occurs
> after I get off Firefox and try to run other programs like evolution.
> The PC justs hangs for upwards of a minute.  Just yesterday I had to
> reboot via the power switch because the system completely hung.  It just
> started doing this with in the last month and I don't know what to check
> to determine what is slowing it down.
>
> I changed over to Linux, cuz' Windows had totally bogged the PC down and
> Ubuntu was much much faster.  It has breathed new life into the old
> thing!
>
> I flasswipe the system after each surfing session and that helps some,
> but the PC had run faster.  Any help?
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 08:23 -0500, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> > 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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