[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 10:14, alan c wrote:
> On 07/02/13 10:03, Gareth France wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I routinely use noscript in firefox. It gives a lot of control, and 
> you can disable it when you wish
>
Thanks Alan. I think the thing that gets to me is that aside from 
whatever I may choose to run on it I expect a machine I paid £300 for to 
run properly to begin with. None of these solutions address the problem. 
They more sort of side step it. I doubt I'm going to find the problem, 
I'll just have to avoid Packard Bell next time I upgrade.