[xubuntu-users] Karmic Speed Decreases with Uptime

[Steve]

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:10 -0000, Robin <dixiedancer at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a Dell Dimension, Celeron D, 512 of RAM. I have Xubuntu 9.10 (ext4)
> set up in 10 Gigs as "/" 1 gig of swap and the rest (69 gigs) as "/home."
> If I stay busy on the 'puter, it runs fine. If I step away for an hour
> or more, it slowwwwws dowwwwwnnnn, lol. Not badly, really, but
> noticeable.  When Firefox takes 20 seconds or more to load, though, I
> shut down and walk away for awhile. On startup it goes well again.
> Maybe it's just heat?
> Sorry, n00bish question probably.

Disk spinning back up, things moving in and out of swap, cpu stepping.   
These would cause the machine to appear slow initially after leaving it  
alone but, it then should get back to the same speed as you use it.

-- 
Steve