ubuntu 14.04 periodically becomes VERY slow

[Chas IRONS]

On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 15:16 +0200, robert wrote:

> Hi there,
> one of my boxes with ubuntu 14.04 periodically becomes extreamly slow.
> the desktop  halts for periods of maybe 10 to 30 seconds. the active 
> windows just grays out.
> 
> If I have to running in a window during such periods, I can see nothing 
> special. No process runs to more than a few % cpu.
> 
> any idea, what could be the reason?
> 
> thanks
> robert

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Maybe a year ago I found that the Popularity Contest (popcon) program
dominated my PC at times.
I think I eventually opted out of the survey and certainly it does not
affect my 14.04 now. 
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