I have a desktop PC. I installed 20.04, the new version of Ubuntu. But it is too slow. I have 2 GB of RAM and 3.00 GHz processor. How can I speed up my PC?
1 Answer
With 2GB of RAM these days you might try several things :
- use Lubuntu
- go through the Low RAM installation recommendations
- change window manager to openbox
- disable all system services you do not need ( e.g. via
stacer
) - switch to low-ram distros like slax / porteus or tinycore
To sum it up: 2GB RAM is no fun, unless you reduce the background noise to a minimum
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1Lubuntu, xubuntu or MATE would be better than GNOME, KDE or Budgie. GNOME in particular is very heavy on resources– NmathJun 9, 2020 at 20:13
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to make sure you don't have a CPU bottleneck. Most folks are surprised how much RAM their web browsers use; often closing a tab or two is enough to make an enormous difference.