[xubuntu-users] Karmic Speed Decreases with Uptime

[Robert Freeman-Day]

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On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Steve wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:53:16 -0000
> From: Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>
> Reply-To: Xubuntu Help and User Discussions <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: Xubuntu Help and User Discussions <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Karmic Speed Decreases with Uptime
> 
> 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
The Karmic version of Xubu is utilizing a different power manager, Xfce4 
power manager, which you should findunder "Settings" -> "Xfce4 Settings 
Manager".  You should be able to tweak settings from there.

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