I would really appreciate some help with my OS that freezes continually and
consistently, not getting any work done, these days.
I have reinstalled more time than I care to admit and would like to know
what it could be that is so stressful on my Linux mint OS.
I use to run Windows 7, then 8.1 up to windows 10 Pro 64bits on my desktop,
and then after the last crash 2 years ago I installed LMDE 4 Debbie 64
bits. Since then it has been a consistent learning curve, which I enjoyed
until the last crash that killed my HDD or vice versa.
Nowadays, the only thing I can rely on is that I will be distracted and
unable to complete simple tasks on my PC and find myself reading pages and
pages of Solved issues on this forum that never work for me. My internet
continually seems to simply switch off but I have a feeling that is the
unreliable ISP here in S.A.
I use Inkscape and Krita on the flatpak platform to do basic graphic
design work and I run a very old Desktop PC that has been serviced recently
and I have been assured my hardware, although dated, is still in good
working order. So I can only assume that it is the OS and related software
that is causing me to lose a lot of time waiting for the system to unfreeze.
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-bits:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
Host: lmde-4-cinnemon-54-bits Kernel: 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1
dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 4 Debbie base: Debian 10.2 buster
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pro 3400 Series MT
v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Foxconn model: 2ABF v: 1.30 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: 7.16
date: 03/23/2012
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium G630 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 10774
Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: 1600/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 1596
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0102
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1024x768~85Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Desktop v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:1c20
Device-2: Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 1-1.2:3 chip ID: 045e:0761
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-17-amd64
Network:
Device-1: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe vendor: Lite-On
driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: f040 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 1814:0781
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.35 TiB (37.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1E6164 size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: External USB 3.0
size: 1.82 TiB serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 51.67 GiB used: 31.68 GiB (61.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /home size: 1.71 TiB used: 39.39 GiB (2.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-3: swap-1 size: 25.37 GiB used: 242.2 MiB (0.9%) fs: swap
dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debbie main upstream import backport
2: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
3: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
4: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
5: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free
Info:
Processes: 210 Uptime: 4h 03m Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 2.88 GiB (76.4%)
Init: systemd v: 241 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.3 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.32
bits:~$
you would recommend I install,
alternatively to LMDE 4 Debbie with Cinnamon desktop environment.
I would really just like to start up my system and work on it as I use to.
Please forgive any frustrations that I may have expressed in this request
for help? I appreciate your time and consideration regarding this issue.