lagging and D/l issues with LM 19.1

[69Rixter]

Afternoon:

Yesterday, I "installed" LM 19.1 onto a PNY 16Gb (2.0) pendrive. I'm having a multitude of issues already. First off, the O.S. experiences excessive lagging and freezes. I wonder if this will alleviate the more I use it? In keeping with that issue, D/l and "updates" also take far too long (IMO) to implement. Today I'll try to install flash player and VLC. I'll let you know how that turns out. I would like to hear from those who've experienced these problems and what you did to rectify the situation. I don't think there should be these problems on a new distro(?). Anyone wish to comment?
THANX:
Rick

addendum: Today (Sat.) I applied "updates "(6) from update mngr. Took just shy of 52 mins.(???) VLC did D/l and install and seems to be working.Flash player issue solved. Still having the lagging/freezing issues...plus, I've tried multiple times to move the time/date to the left in the task bar. Each time it reverts right back to where it was. Problem: the time/date is sssooo far to the right in the task bar, it cannot be read/displayed. Would appreciate some help!

SOLVED

[deepakdeshp]

To know about your system post output of

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 inxi -Fxz

in code tags. This command to be run in terminal.

[69Rixter]

RE: deepakdeshp

Hey: Thanks for responding. As you see, your the only one? The following will be the output of 'inxi -Fxz;

System:
Host: Rick Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 10F20006US v: ThinkCentre M900z
serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: SKYBAY v: SDK0J40705 WIN 3425072992301 serial: N/A
UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: FUKT46AUS date: 03/08/2017
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 25536
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900
3: 900 4: 900
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-45-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f040 bus ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 480.30 GiB used: 7.51 GiB (1.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPLX-08ZNTT0
size: 465.76 GiB temp: 35 C
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: USB Flash Memory size: 14.54 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 14.25 GiB used: 7.51 GiB (52.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: 29.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 199 Uptime: 19m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.35 GiB (17.5%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19
inxi: 3.0.27

hope there's information that can help solve the afore mentioned issues. Ahm...just in the name of saving space on this thread, isn't there some 'site" I could've posted this info to?
APPRECIATED

[69Rixter]

RE: EVERYONE

OK, getting no responses. Maybe I've worded this thread wrong, or perhaps, there's no one here that has experience with running a full install from a pendrive? So, I'll ask, can anyone direct me to a forum/help site/tutorial that might be able to address some of the problems I'm experiencing? I have watched a video on youtube that addressed one of the problems I've had, but not the one most important..i.e. lagging/freezes. I went back through some of my threads and noticed (already knew) the problems arose after I left LM17.3. Could it be the LM 18 series and now the Lm 19 series are just not suited to run from a pendrive??? Find that a bit difficult to accept, don't you? So, as this forum should be the ultimate help forum for LinuxMint(???) is there anyone here that could offer help and/or advice to the problems I've posted about? If not, OK, could you direct me to a forum or tutorial that may be able to help? Or even a suggestion to another unix/ubuntu distro that works well from a pendrive.

Appreciated:

[69Rixter]

OK, I wish to THANK Pjtor for his response. IF anyone is interested, it has been stated that running 'full install" from a pendrive isn't the best thing to do. And, reducing the swapiness "should" decrease the amount lagging. I guess I'll try running "live". Hope I don't have problems there. Marking this thread "solved"...even though I doubt there was much here to help anyone.

Rick