Hot answers tagged performance
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There can not possibly be any universal recipy for deciding which operating system should be the host when running multiple virtual machines.
This really depends on your individual needs. Let me give you some (incomplete) rules of thumb to help making this decision
In case security in terms of immunity to virus infections matters do not have Windows as ...
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This is a complete guess, but in my experience the symptoms you describe may have nothing to do with your video card. I'm referring to your description that the frame-rate is cool, and then suddenly things stutter.
To be on the safe side, use system monitor or something similar just to check if your not peaking out your resources (cpu, memory, disk).
I'm ...
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This link may help Set maximum CPU consumption in percentage by any process
searched by : MrSeed
this script may help too , any any one wants to enter suggestions on this script to enhance it , it will be my pleasure
#!/bin/bash -xv
read -p "Which program u want to limit its processes?" ProgrameName
read -p "Which limitation percentage u want ...
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First, make sure you have the drivers needed, so open a terminal, and run this:
sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
sudo apt-get install fglrx
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
sudo aticonfig --initial
Then reboot.
If ubuntu is still slow, you might want to change your desktop environment to something like LXDE, XFCE, KDE, or GNOME (though GNOME ...
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You can use the Compiz Config Settings Manager to change the behavior and effects of Ubuntu. If you are really adventurous you could look into this to tweak some things. Just be aware that it is a pretty advanced tool. Changing the wrong options can leave you with an unusable desktop. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of experience with this tool so I can't ...
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I would suggest that you should use Jupiter or similar power saving app for 13.04?
And use indicator-cpufreq, so that you should know what freq you are at. check the link i have pasted how to install/configure indicator-cpufreq
Jupiter or similar power saving app for 13.04? Section 3.) Processor and Frequency Scaling
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The pf-kernel includes patches to the Linux kernel which means task scheduling, process management, memory management, and SSD caching. Most of the improvements have nothing to do with the speed of your hard drive but rather how the operating system handles the applications running on your computer. They're designed to make the system more efficient, which ...
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You propably have encrypted home directory? Decrypting all the files on your Dropbox folder takes time and all your CPU capacity (I have the same problem). Switching dropbox process to low priority has the desired effect of un-jamming the computer and syncing still working fine.
I just don't know how to automatically always start Dropbox with lower ...
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