Questions about improving the performance/speed of Ubuntu. Note that this is a general tag, and should be accompanied by another tag indicating what kind of performance you are referring to.
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Ubuntu with KDE and kernel 3.6.2 - performance issues
I have recently swiched to Ubuntu and installed KDe on it.
I like software included in Ubuntu but interface from Kubuntu.
My problem is, that after installation of kernel 3.6.2 (deafult ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Ubuntu perfomance issues [duplicate]
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How can I improve overall system performance?
I have as deafult Win 7 64b. But i get annoyed by some windows stuff so I decided to install ubuntu and learn Linux, ...
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Slow Performance after fixing Geforce driver problem
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Asus K43; Memory 5.8 G.B.; Processor Intel core i7 CPU@2.00 GHZx8; Graphics: GeForce GT 540m/pcie/ssf2; OS type: 64 bit and Disk 26.4 G.B. I faced a problem (Black ...
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Opening programs very slow on ubuntu 12.10
When I open any program for first time after boot, it loads VERY slowly (Doesn't matter how long after boot). For example, terminal takes 2-3 seconds, skype and firefox often take much longer. If I ...
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How to fully utilize RAM to increase overall system performance
I have a low profile machine but with a lot of fast RAM, 4 Gb, which is really an amount of memory that i probably will never use, not even an half, since i just use this machine for coding and ...
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Does installing to an extended partition reduce disk performance?
I was reading the latest issue of Full Circle (issue 63) and there was an article comparing boot times under various configurations. One of the comparisons was with an installation in a primary ...
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Kubuntu , Ubuntu (unity) : Which is faster?
I installed Kubuntu package on top of Ubuntu server; It works alright but compared to the specs of the computer (i3,4GB RAM) I would expect more. The problem is not so much the speed of execution of ...
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How to remove the graphical user interface?
Okay my question is that, I want to run a heavy application, on a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) with just 2 GB RAM (Windows 7 32Bit Host has 4 GB, 3.5 GB effective). Initially I thought of installing ...
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Desktop maximal slow after upgrade Kubuntu from 10.04 to 12.04
The upgrade was started from panel and finished without errors. The textual modus runs well (F1-F6). The GUI desktop runs about 1000% slower, for example, to open then bash window (terminal) needs ...
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mount.ntfs taking all the CPU (WUBI)
I installed yesterday Ubuntu following the 'click and play' instructions of the (nicely done) ubuntu website. I used WUBI. Its installed in a partition of a drive that mainly has a Windows 7 install.
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How can I check the performance, speed of Virtual machines which have been created by my server?
Am using Ubuntu server 11.04 and created VMs using KVM. How can i check the performance, speed of Virtual machines which have been created by my server. Is there any tool available for verifying or ...
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Fresh install 12.04 Performance & Stability: SONY VPCCW2S1E
just yesterday I installed 12.04 - 64bit.
Is it normal that installing a package (Chrome for example) takes 5 to 10 minutes (compared to Windows 7 for example which takes 2 or 3)? (with end result: ...
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How will Deja-Dup's performance vary with the type of the target?
This is a follow-up to this question.
I have the possibility to use rsync, ftp, cifs or ftp for my remote backups, provided I can get them to work with the duplicity command line, of course.
Will ...
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Why does whoopsie increasingly take more CPU?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I've been following whoopsie with the top program and noticed something strange.
In the afternoon the daemon process was only using up to 2% of CPU power.
But ...
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Will unity stop being a plugin for Compiz?
I ask this as with the Unity Desktop running , when I try any games with my Ubuntu 12.04.1 I get so much frame rate drop with Unity and Compiz. If I switch to Gnome-Classic which uses mutter, I get a ...
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Recent 12.04 Upgrade Makes My System and Internet Run Extremely SLOW! [closed]
I'm running a Dell Inspiron 1564 with Windows7/Ubuntu dual booting. I haven't logged into the Ubuntu OS partition for some time until recently (trying to force myself into a Linux environment to ...
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All the applications take long to start - How to speed up? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I improve overall system performance?
I am using ubuntu 12.04. I am experiencing a severe delay(about 20 to 30 secs, sometime about a minute) in applications ...
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Need more RAM?? Running VMmachine + ubuntu
So I looked but im running ubuntu in vm machine and its running at a snails pace and I installed the 64bit ver. Running windows 7 64bit the down side is that I only have 2GB of ram ...
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16GB SSD booster on ubuntu
I've bought a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge laptop which has a hybrid 320GB HDD + 16GB SSD, then I've installed Ubuntu 12.04, so now I have dual boot - Ubuntu/Windows7.
Everything is fine but the question is ...
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How do I improve the performance of my VirtualBox guest?
I run a guest ubuntu 12.04 on a host ubuntu 12.04, with VirtualBox, and the guest is much, much slower than the host (ALT+TAB takes 4-5 secs). I had a look around and I found contradicting opinions on ...
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How will 12.10 disk encryption affect performance?
As the title suggests. Massive performance degradation?
And what technology does it use?
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Should I persist with Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
EDIT
Sorry for the vague question / rant.
I am not looking for answers to specific questions.
My question is should I persist with fixing problems after my 12.04 upgrade?
I guess I am looking for ...
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Dragon Age: Origins with PlayOnLinux have low fps
I successfully installed Dragon Age: Origins with PlayOnLinux on my Ubuntu 12.04 but the game is too slow, frame per second(fps) is too low. I played this game so many times in Windows with the high ...
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Copying to/from NTFS partitions very slow
My whole system slows down when I copy files between an NTFS drive to my local home directory.
This is a new 12.04 installation with the latests 12.8 AMD ATI driver.
Using Gnome-Shell or Unity does ...
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Does Ubuntu run well on an USB HDD?
I have here a company notebook, and because the HDD is full encrypted, I cannot install an extra partition for another system that I would like to use in my free time. And I really need another ...
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Streaming video does not play smoothly. CPU struggling with simple tasks [duplicate]
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How do I fix Flash issues?
I have a desktop made in 2004. It has a 3.0 GHz processor with 2 GB DDR2 533 Mhz dual channel and a Radeon 4670 PCI-E card w/ 1 GB DDR3 RAM. ...
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How to determine what applications affect xorg/compiz load
Is there a way to tell which application causes huge cpu usage and huge load for xorg and compiz processes?
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Ubuntu LTS performance is good but sometimes slow
Ubuntu Unity is fast in my computer running multiple windows etc., but after an update, Software Center suddenly shows and when a script stops running (usually when I'm on FB), it suddenly slows down ...
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Feedbacks of using preload on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
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Drawbacks of using preload?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop, for improving performance i want to install "preload", i want to know, is it a myth? Does it really ...
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Why most people recommend to reduce swappiness to 10-20?
I have seen in several site which recommend to reduce swappiness to 10-20 for better performance.
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/998
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Ubuntu 11.10 Performance Problems [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I improve overall system performance?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my hp pavilion t440m (this is a pc, not a laptop; with extra ram, now 1.5G) and I ...
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Ubuntu swappiness
I have a laptop with 4 GB RAM and i3 processor. It runs very fast when I use windows, but it keeps slowing down on my Ubuntu when I use it continuously. I noticed that 500mb+ swap is getting used even ...
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Opening Microsoft Exel file in Gnumeric made its saving in Windows slow
So I have this excel file with very simple formulas. The file was originally created in Microsoft Excel 2010. The saving process was always very fast. But ever since I opened this file in Gnumeric ...
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How can I get my system performance back again?
I have had this laptop for about 3 months running Ubuntu and it is now considerably slow performing every function than when I first installed Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried running a virus scanner. I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 running slow: How to improve performance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I improve overall system performance?
I used to work in a computer (Dell Inspiron) with 2GB RAM, 80GB dd and Intel Core Processor with Ubuntu 10 under Gnome, and ...
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Cuda driver, CPU/GPU performances issue
I implemented a RNS Montgomery exponentiation in CUDA and on CPU for comparison.
Everything nice everything fine. It runs on just one SM. However, I am going to tell you some strange regression in ...
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building monolithic kernels will improve performace of the system ?
i am using ubuntu 12.04 .
If I build monolithic kernels for device drivers i.e driver will have its own kernel as i understand , will it really improves system ...
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Can I get online support from Canonical for improving performance?
I am a real techno-tard. I need help optimizing my pc performance. Does Canonical offer any online support (such as online chat) to help people like me? I try to understand the posts but the language ...
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What packages/programs should I install to get better graphics and performance on gaming?
So, I want to install some packages/programs to get better graphics and performance while playing a game on Ubuntu 11.10. What packages/programs you guys recommend to me?
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What is process “/usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none”?
I am experiencing some serious performance issues with my Ubuntu 12.04 setup and thus looking for the culprit by running htop alongside my usual tasks.
Aside from the usual suspects like chromium, ...
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My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS slowed down
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS worked fine for few months after I installed it.
But it has now slowed down considerably. For example: initially it took about only 2 or 3 seconds to load LebreOffice Writer, but ...
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Why is my system becoming gradually slower and how should I fix it?
I've noticed that the more time passes since I installed the system the more unresponsive it gets. Booting up takes for ever, login screen loads slow, logging in takes about 3-4 seconds, when first ...
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The performance governor for cpufreq doesn't seem to behave as advertised
The kernel in use: 3.2.0-23-generic on Ubuntu 12.04LTS
For example, I issue the following command:
sudo cpufreq-set -c 0 -g performance
Then I go to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq and type ...
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using OLD computer - system getting very slow
I am using Lenovo computer having the following configuration: 516 MB RAM and 3.06 GHz CPU
When I installed 11.04, the system was getting very slow. From the Internet, I read an article that Lubuntu ...
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Ordinary use. Is GFX memory the culprit? Problems with 128 MB GFX memory
I have noticed when on my laptop using an external screen+laptop screen, the terminal gets corrupted and responds really slowly; several bug reports and questions here are having the same symptoms. ...
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Slow for no apparent reason [closed]
Ubuntu is becoming slow for no apparent reason. I'd like some help with analysing and fixing this issue.
Usually when a system slows down, that's because the software is using too much system ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 flush-encryptfs resource hog
I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a while, but recently upgraded to a fresh install of 12.04 LTS.
I am noticing a program called flush-encryptfs- using a significant portion (30 to 80%) cpu resources. ...
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How to set power setting to performance?
In Ubuntu 12.04 how do I set up the power settings to obtain maximum performance (opposed to max battery life)?
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I am not able to run 12.04 properly
I am unable to run 12.04 properly in my computer. I have a 1GB RAM currently and Intel G31 family chipset (Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz). The Ubuntu system does not seem to run properly in my system as it ...
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how to specify .sh file to optirun ? PLEASE [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to optirun .sh file?
It's been 5 days I've installed ubuntu over my windows 7
since I didn't know how to dual boot it.
Before ubuntu I've ran all games like a ...
