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What distro of ubuntu to choose when I focus on performance? kubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Lighter in CPU/Memory Usage: Lubuntu or Xubuntu I do have an old laptop. it has 512mb of ram and weak processor. I would like to use it only for internet(www and email). ...
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Poor perfomance in Gnome Shell [closed]

I'm using Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10, and I often experience performance issues. Every now and again, the framerate drops significantly, and doing something as simple as dragging or minimizing a window ...
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Gnome shell slow on a fast computer

The computer is an EliteBook 8540w: ATI FirePro 5800 (using proprietary drivers) i7 720qm 8Gb RAM OCZ Agility III SSD Ubuntu is freshly installed (a week ago). I have set swapiness to 10. When I'm ...
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0answers
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How to squeeze the maximum performance out of Unity and GNOME 3? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I improve overall system performance? I see that I do not get good performance with the new Unity desktop, but I should say that Unity has improved a lot since ...
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Make ubuntu gnome faster by reducing graphics quality

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on VirtualBox and performance is really bad. It takes seconds to respond to a click. Is it possible to reduce the graphics rendering quality or other unnecessary things, to ...
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1answer
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Do GNOME Shell extensions have any impact on system speed?

I loved the various extensions available for GNOME Shell but I don't want to enjoy their benefits at the cost of slowing the system down. Is there any known impact?
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defragmentation of ext2

Is it worth it? there is e2defrag. How long will it takes for 120GB? 8h will be enough? I would like to improve read/write on the hard disc. hard disc seems to be new(9 months old). its in my work ...
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2answers
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Is it efficient to install X/Lubuntu and use KDE/Gnome applications

I often met people stating they want to install XFCE, Gnome or other desktop manager in order to get better performance. But as the conversation goes on, it appears they use plethora of apps from ...
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Why doesn't GNOME Shell run smoothly on my hardware?

I'm having problems running GNOME Shell with my NVIDIA 7025/nforce 630a (on-board). The animations don't run smoothly when I configure my BIOS to give 512MB to the chipset. The only solution I've ...
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1answer
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Can I lower the graphical strain of GNOME Shell?

Is there some way of configuring "No Effects" in the backend of GNOME Shell to get less memory/CPU overhead from graphical applications? I don't dare to turn on Metacity compositing due to this: ...
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Is Gnome 3 lighter than Gnome 2?

As we are going toward Gnome 3, I would like to know what to expect. May be a more responsive desktop, faster startup of apps? Or should I start to thinking in another DE if performance is a concern? ...
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Very long Gnome login time

My machine is taking ages to get from the login screen after booting to actually showing the gnome desktop (as in, over a minute). It seems as though it is just waiting for a long period of that time ...
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Performance of 3D applications on Unity/Compiz comparison with other configurations

In the past I have had three important applications having problems with compiz and the proprietary Nvidia graphics driver, they are; Googleearth, The Secondlife client and Blender, compiz and the ...