Linux Mint has been dragging on my desktop...
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My desktop isn't a powerhouse by any means, but I would enjoy being able to run Linux Mint without any lag. My desktop has been getting slower and slower lately. I had the same issue with Ubuntu a few months ago, so I wiped it and went with Linux Mint.
My specs are as follows:
Core i3 2120 CPU
4GB of RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 8400GSThis system should be capable of running Linux without issues, right? Admittedly I do use Inkscape sometimes to edit graphics, but I try to keep only 1 or 2 graphics open at time and close them when not in use.
The obvious answer is to upgrade my RAM to 16GB. Which I think will help alot or at least I hope.
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So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
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@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
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@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
IIRC - try running 'top'
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@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
Don't be - neither do I. I'd have to google it.
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@IRJ said:
The obvious answer is to upgrade my RAM to 16GB. Which I think will help alot or at least I hope.
That will only help if you are swapping. I run Mint on 4GB without an issue. I do feel some issues if I am doing a ton of stuff and start to swap. It's very noticeable when it happens. But until I hit that point, it's very fast.
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@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
If you have sysstat running, sar gives you great data.
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@MattSpeller said:
@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
IIRC - try running 'top'
top is very hard for a newbie to Linux to read and very hard to share with people if they are not sitting at the console, though.
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This will help as a starting point:
free -m -
@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
IIRC - try running 'top'
top is very hard for a newbie to Linux to read and very hard to share with people if they are not sitting at the console, though.
As a linux newbie I liked it lol - to each their own I suppose.
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
@IRJ said:
@Dashrender said:
So what is bottle necking? CPU? RAM? Disk IO?
This is kind of embarrassing, but I am not sure how to check on Linux.
IIRC - try running 'top'
top is very hard for a newbie to Linux to read and very hard to share with people if they are not sitting at the console, though.
As a linux newbie I liked it lol - to each their own I suppose.
I didn't say that you would not like it... but do you know how to read the load numbers and the memory figures from it, for example? The output is not intuitive.
