[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 12:08, Colin Law wrote:
> On 7 February 2013 11:59, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> I've switched to chromium to see what difference that makes. I'll try
>> restarting thunderbird and see what happens
> When it is running slow is it using Swap memory?  You can see that
> using System Monitor or top in a terminal.  I ask because earlier I
> think you said the disk light was going mad, which is a symptom of
> swapping.  With 4GB of RAM it should not need to swap.
>
> Colin
>
I've just had a peek and apparently it's using swap memory right now!
Memory 1.5Gb of 3.5Gb used
Swap 658.9Mb of 3.7Gb used