[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 12:02, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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> On 7 February 2013 11:59, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gareth.france at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 07/02/13 11:57, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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>>     On 7 February 2013 11:52, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:gareth.france at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>         On 07/02/13 11:11, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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>>>         On 7 February 2013 10:43, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com
>>>         <mailto:clanlaw at googlemail.com>> wrote:
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>>>             On 7 February 2013 10:31, Simon Greenwood
>>>             <sfgreenwood at gmail.com <mailto:sfgreenwood at gmail.com>>
>>>             wrote:
>>>             > ..
>>>             > On 7 February 2013 10:17, Gareth France
>>>             <gareth.france at gmail.com
>>>             <mailto:gareth.france at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>             >> 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.
>>>             >>
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>>>             > In all honesty, that is the place to start. Packard
>>>             Bell machines are built
>>>             > to a price, and it's fairly likely that they need
>>>             OS-based accelerators to
>>>             > work properly. I'm not familiar with that processor
>>>             but there are probably
>>>             > features that aren't supported by Linux and require
>>>             Windows-native software,
>>>             > and the GPU will be integrated and underpowered. I've
>>>             had similar problems
>>>             > in the past with more expensive machines and have
>>>             since learned my lesson.
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>>>             The guy is not talking about just not getting the
>>>             ultimate out of the
>>>             machine, he has problems such as "tonight it ground to a
>>>             halt, the
>>>             hard drive access light went mad and the mouse stopped
>>>             moving. Then it
>>>             moved in jerks and a variety of windows greyed out and
>>>             came back again
>>>             over and over."  That is a software problem of some
>>>             sort.  Something
>>>             is gobbling up his processor or/and his RAM.
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>>>         Yes, I agree, and as previously described, I have seen
>>>         exactly this problem, and on what would seem to be a more
>>>         powerful machine. In the first instance, disable Flash and
>>>         see if that stops or reduces the CPU load. In my experience
>>>         it will. However, it doesn't solve the problem, and this is
>>>         where I came to a halt with trying to analyse it. It is
>>>         likely to be a combination of the Flash plugin, Compiz and
>>>         the physical hardware, possibly one that hasn't been
>>>         identified before, so to get some progress, it needs to be
>>>         documented.
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>>>         However, I believe my point still stands: for all the work
>>>         done to maximise compatibility, there are always going to be
>>>         machines that don't play for less obvious reasons,
>>>         especially at the low cost end of the market, and the rule
>>>         still should be that if you want to use a Linux desktop of
>>>         any kind do a little bit of homework. There is the official
>>>         compatibility wiki but if you get the model number of any
>>>         laptop and put it into Google, someone will have attempted
>>>         to run Linux on it and reported on it.
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>>>         s/
>>>         -- 
>>>         Twitter: @sfgreenwood
>>>         "TBA are particularly glib"
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>>         Just to update everyone flash blocker didn't manage 5 minutes
>>         before both Firefox and system monitor  greyed out simply
>>         because I tried to close the monitor. As I'm typing this
>>         email Thunderbird keeps greying out and the text appears on
>>         the screen up to 45 seconds after I typed it. (So apologies
>>         for any spelling mistakes.) Rhythmbox is playing, well
>>         stuttering. That seems to be the biggest problem, I have
>>         noticed flash can be a drain but any media playing and it
>>         greatly increases the chance that the system will halt.
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>>     Try starting Firefox and Thunderbird in safe mode. It's Help >
>>     Restart with addons disabled in both, and see how if that
>>     improves things.
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>>     s/
>>     -- 
>>     Twitter: @sfgreenwood
>>     "TBA are particularly glib"
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>     I've switched to chromium to see what difference that makes. I'll
>     try restarting thunderbird and see what happens
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> Chrome does perform a lot better, and I've actually switched to Opera 
> as an email client as recent versions of Thunderbird have just plain 
> struggled especially when starting up.
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> s/
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> Twitter: @sfgreenwood
> "TBA are particularly glib"
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I don't like switching too often to be honest. I've only just got things 
how I want them! Can opera receive RSS feeds? I have two linked to my 
supplier that tell me when products go in and out of stock, From my 
perspective I get an email every time they send out an entry on the feeds.
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