[olug] ubuntu slowing down

Sat Oct 31 23:26:14 UTC 2009

I still maintain that moving to ext4 and Firefox 3.5.3 should help
with some speed gains. The new kernel will help as well.

As far as newer Ubuntu versions having other slowdowns from unneeded
feature bloat, you can always disable unneeded services.

-- T. J.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Paul H. Lewis <phldml3 at cox.net> wrote:
> That's what I'm talking about.  The hard reboot the other day seems to
> have cured it for now, but I'll save your response to test if it should
> come back.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 01:08 -0500, DYNATRON tech wrote:
>> 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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