[xubuntu-users] System slow, multiple thunar processes running

[John R. Sowden]

Thanks for the follow up. Most of my machines have 2GB RAM.  I didn't 
realize it, but when I ran free -m, I found there is only 1GB on this 
machine.  I think you're right.  Feature/bloat creep?


thanks,
john


On 09/06/2017 02:00 PM, Victor Forberger wrote:
> On 09/04/2017 12:42 PM, Ian Prideaux wrote:
>> On 03/09/17 09:08, John R. Sowden wrote:
>>> I believe that I am running 2GB ram
>> free -m
>>
>> to show us your memory (in MB).
>>
>> Run top, and type M, it will order by memory usage.
>>
>>
> On my old computer, I was running xubuntu 15.04 with 2 GB ram and seeing
> an obvious slow-down with FireFox, Thunderbird, and LibreOffice open
> along with Dropbox and Insync.
>
> Specifically, I was hitting swap memory pretty hard and experiencing a
> noticeable lag on some apps after not using them in some time.
>
> A great panel addition to use is xfce4-systemload-plugin to monitor what
> is happening to your memory situation.
>
> My takeaway is that xubuntu now probably needs 3 GB of ram.
>
> Good luck,
> Victor
>
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