[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 10:01, Colin Law wrote:
> On 7 February 2013 09:52, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/02/13 23:41, Philip Stubbs wrote:
>>
>> On 6 February 2013 23:05, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> To the best of my knowledge I wasn't using Adobe Air at the time. And as
>>> for Flash, of course I don't choose how others design their sites.
>>
>> But you can choose what software to run on your computer. Have you tried a
>> flash blocker? Or a different browser? Or a different version of the flash
>> plugin? If you open the same tabs in Chrome, does it behave differently? I
>> seem to remember that Chrome comes with its own flash plugin, so may well be
>> worth a try. It could be that the new machine hits a bug in the flash plugin
>> that the old machine did not.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Philip Stubbs
>>
>>
>> Yes, I can choose not to use flash in much the same way as I can choose to
>> drive my car without wheels! It's an unfortunate fact of life that some of
>> the websites I use require it. I can try chrome and see how it goes.
> Your first priority is to identify what is causing the problem.  If
> you install flashblock then you have the ability to choose when you
> use flash.  Initially do not use it at all and see if that cures the
> speed issues.  Having identified that flash is the problem (if you do)
> then you can decide on the best course of action.
>
> Colin
>
Sounds like a plan. I'll give it a go and see what happens.