Performance problem since last updates

[frankthegerman]

As a matter of general curiosity... has anything dramatically changed in the last couple of updates? I suddenly seem to notice serious performance problems on my laptop. Admittedly, it is an ancient Samsung r519 (dual core) but i see rather strange problems. When i open more than 2 or 3 online tabs, everything slows down to a crawl, video playback on Youtube etc. seems to nearly cripple the whole system and what really baffles me, is the observation that the cursor seems to need ages to react. I hover it over a "X" or try highlighting something on an online text and it takes ages for it to show and react. Have done something wrong with the last couple of updates or is it time to head to the shop for some slightly newer hardware.
Any help would be much appreciated

[motoryzen]

I have experienced no problems since any of the recent updates involving the Kernels. The same for other things/programs I use.

*********Have you done any timeshift snapshot backups? Try restoring back to one of them before today or before yesterday to see if the problem is resolved

If it is, then ( and Yes I realize this could be very tedious) when you are presented with the next few days worth of updates, do just one at a time to see which may be the culprit. After you confirm performance stays good after each individual update ( regardless of which item that update is for), do a time shift backup

..BUT...don't keep more than 5 backups. Timeshift is weird and I don't recall the direct ...sensible reasons why via so many conversations I've read on here among the much more experienced Linux users such as smg, rene, AndyMH, Kadaitchaman, Smurphos, etc etc . ** and ensure those Timeshift backups are targeting a separate drive...sincerely. Don't do like so many did and accidentally fill up your root directory and then wonder why you can't boot into LM.******

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System:
  Kernel: 5.13.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.20 wm: muffin 5.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X570 Taichi serial: <filter>
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: P4.40 date: 06/23/2021
CPU:
  Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 rev: 0
  cache: L2: 6 MiB
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  bogomips: 177612
  Speed: 2197 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2197
  2: 2197 3: 2199 4: 2199 5: 2196 6: 2196 7: 2196 8: 2198 9: 2199 10: 2276 11: 2210
  12: 2200 13: 2196 14: 2200 15: 2279 16: 2241 17: 2343 18: 2195 19: 2196 20: 2199
  21: 2200 22: 2198 23: 2199 24: 2196
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
  vendor: Sapphire Limited Nitro+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 0c:00.0
  chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96
  OpenGL:
  renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.41.0 5.13.0-25-generic LLVM 12.0.0)
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
  vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0c:00.1
  chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
  v: kernel bus-ID: 0e:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.0-25-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 13.99.1 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel
  port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 19.83 TiB used: 10.43 TiB (52.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEDMW800G4 size: 745.21 GiB
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8EV10174 temp: 30.9 C
  scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Toshiba model: HDWR31G size: 14.55 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0601
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 732.02 GiB used: 89.08 GiB (12.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 4 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
  file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 908
Repos:
  Packages: 3199 apt: 3183 flatpak: 16
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ernstp-mesarc-focal.list
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ernstp/mesarc/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gezakovacs-ppa-focal.list
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
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  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/apps/ubuntu focal main
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-focal.list
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Info:
  Processes: 426 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 0 Memory: 125.73 GiB used: 3.72 GiB (3.0%)
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 8/9 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.0.17 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.07
  

[spamegg]

As a matter of general curiosity... has anything dramatically changed in the last couple of updates? I suddenly seem to notice serious performance problems on my laptop. Admittedly, it is an ancient Samsung r519 (dual core) but i see rather strange problems. When i open more than 2 or 3 online tabs, everything slows down to a crawl, video playback on Youtube etc. seems to nearly cripple the whole system and what really baffles me, is the observation that the cursor seems to need ages to react. I hover it over a "X" or try highlighting something on an online text and it takes ages for it to show and react. Have done something wrong with the last couple of updates or is it time to head to the shop for some slightly newer hardware.
Any help would be much appreciated

Can you post the output of the Terminal command inxi -Fxxxmprz

[frankthegerman]

As a matter of general curiosity... has anything dramatically changed in the last couple of updates? I suddenly seem to notice serious performance problems on my laptop. Admittedly, it is an ancient Samsung r519 (dual core) but i see rather strange problems. When i open more than 2 or 3 online tabs, everything slows down to a crawl, video playback on Youtube etc. seems to nearly cripple the whole system and what really baffles me, is the observation that the cursor seems to need ages to react. I hover it over a "X" or try highlighting something on an online text and it takes ages for it to show and react. Have done something wrong with the last couple of updates or is it time to head to the shop for some slightly newer hardware.
Any help would be much appreciated

Can you post the output of the Terminal command inxi -Fxxxmprz

Yes of course

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frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ inxi -Fxxxmprz
System:
  Host: frank-R519-R719 Kernel: 5.4.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.22.30 
  info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: R519/R719 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: R519/R719 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix 
  v: 01CI.M007.20090611.JIP date: 06/11/2009 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.4 Wh condition: 34.4/44.4 Wh (77%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
  model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.77 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (45.3%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium Dual T3400 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: D L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 8644 
  Speed: 997 MHz min/max: 1000/2166 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 997 2: 997 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:2a42 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG) 
  v: 2.1 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:293e 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-94-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Foxconn T77H121.05 802.11bgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 1c00 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:002b 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 305.32 GiB used: 78.27 GiB (25.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK3276GSX -63 size: 298.09 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1X scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 7.23 GiB 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 48.71 GiB used: 34.67 GiB (71.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home size: 232.25 GiB used: 43.59 GiB (18.8%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 11.38 GiB used: 780 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 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/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages tricia main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info:
  Processes: 172 Uptime: 4h 34m Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.0.32 
frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ 

[spamegg]

@frankthegerman Thank you. I don't see anything obviously bad, except your PC being old and your CPU temperatures being very high. I'd say it's time for new hardware and retire this one for light/offline home usage, but if the performance issues were not present until recently, then that's definitely strange. Sometimes a kernel or driver update can do that, the only thing I can suggest is to restore with Timeshift and see if the performance problems go away.

[vimes666]

I noticed that the cpu temperature is 57 degrees. Was your pc doing anything else when you did the inxi command? (back in april your cpu temp was 43).
Maybe dust blocking the ventholes in the pc?

[frankthegerman]

I noticed that the cpu temperature is 57 degrees. Was your pc doing anything else when you did the inxi command? (back in april your cpu temp was 43).
Maybe dust blocking the ventholes in the pc?

Yes i was looking at the academia.edu page (Sorry, i do a lot of text search/research in old texts relating to methods of application of herbs). That's when i started to think that i need to do something about this as it took ages for a .pdf file to load and open. A process which thus far was admittedly not speedy on my laptop but certainly not as slow as i experienced it over the last few days

[Lodbrok]

As a matter of general curiosity... has anything dramatically changed in the last couple of updates? I suddenly seem to notice serious performance problems on my laptop. Admittedly, it is an ancient Samsung r519 (dual core) but i see rather strange problems. When i open more than 2 or 3 online tabs, everything slows down to a crawl, video playback on Youtube etc. seems to nearly cripple the whole system and what really baffles me, is the observation that the cursor seems to need ages to react. I hover it over a "X" or try highlighting something on an online text and it takes ages for it to show and react. Have done something wrong with the last couple of updates or is it time to head to the shop for some slightly newer hardware.
Any help would be much appreciated

Yes, something seems to be up but I don't know how to troubleshoot.

I have a 11th Gen Intel i7 with 40GB of memory and I've been watching videos on it in complete silence for the last year but now the fan is spinning up and making a racket any time I watch a video. It doesn't matter if I'm in Firefox or Brave browser, it now does it in both whether it's a Youtube video or a Rumble video. It also does it when I watch a video directly from my laptop's drive. Htop just lists Cinnamon at the top for CPU usage, I don't really understand how to read it beyond that. Previously the only time I ever heard the fan running was mainly during updates or while actually video editing/processing.


I recently updated to 20.3 Cinnamon and at some point after that is when I first noticed. When it goes from total silence to an increasing wooshing sound I have a frantic sensation like I have to throw my laptop outside quickly before it blows... but typically I just pause the video.

[frankthegerman]

As a matter of general curiosity... has anything dramatically changed in the last couple of updates? I suddenly seem to notice serious performance problems on my laptop. Admittedly, it is an ancient Samsung r519 (dual core) but i see rather strange problems. When i open more than 2 or 3 online tabs, everything slows down to a crawl, video playback on Youtube etc. seems to nearly cripple the whole system and what really baffles me, is the observation that the cursor seems to need ages to react. I hover it over a "X" or try highlighting something on an online text and it takes ages for it to show and react. Have done something wrong with the last couple of updates or is it time to head to the shop for some slightly newer hardware.
Any help would be much appreciated

Yes, something seems to be up but I don't know how to troubleshoot.

I have a 11th Gen Intel i7 with 40GB of memory and I've been watching videos on it in complete silence for the last year but now the fan is spinning up and making a racket any time I watch a video. It doesn't matter if I'm in Firefox or Brave browser, it now does it in both whether it's a Youtube video or a Rumble video. It also does it when I watch a video directly from my laptop's drive. Htop just lists Cinnamon at the top for CPU usage, I don't really understand how to read it beyond that. Previously the only time I ever heard the fan running was mainly during updates or while actually video editing/processing.


I recently updated to 20.3 Cinnamon and at some point after that is when I first noticed. When it goes from total silence to an increasing wooshing sound I have a frantic sensation like I have to throw my laptop outside quickly before it blows... but typically I just pause the video.

Yes this sounds all too familiar. Choppy videos, files that need ages to load or even sometimes online file searches seem to take a bit to finish. Am i hitting the performance limit of an old laptop now or is there still things left that could be tweaked??

[MattJ86]

Yes of course

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frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ inxi -Fxxxmprz
System:
  Host: frank-R519-R719 Kernel: 5.4.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.22.30 
  info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: R519/R719 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: R519/R719 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix 
  v: 01CI.M007.20090611.JIP date: 06/11/2009 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.4 Wh condition: 34.4/44.4 Wh (77%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
  model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.77 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (45.3%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium Dual T3400 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: D L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 8644 
  Speed: 997 MHz min/max: 1000/2166 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 997 2: 997 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:2a42 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG) 
  v: 2.1 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:293e 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-94-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Foxconn T77H121.05 802.11bgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 1c00 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:002b 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 305.32 GiB used: 78.27 GiB (25.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK3276GSX -63 size: 298.09 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1X scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 7.23 GiB 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 48.71 GiB used: 34.67 GiB (71.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home size: 232.25 GiB used: 43.59 GiB (18.8%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 11.38 GiB used: 780 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 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/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages tricia main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info:
  Processes: 172 Uptime: 4h 34m Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.0.32 
frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ 

I see:
Pentium dual core - not that bad
4GB RAM - enough
Intel GMA integrated GPU (may be even worse than mine) - bottleneck
Hard Drive - old and slow magnetic hard drive - I would recommend even the cheapest SSD you can find

Try using Mate or Xfce - fresh install over update
Install Oibaf Mesa Drivers

Oh, and don't be crazy with too many tabs in the browser and apps running in the background. Even if won't eat up more than 3GB of your RAM it'll make your CPU struggle. Modern web technologies are a layers of bloat. Use adblocker...

I'm a Potato Linux Expert with over 10 years of experience.

[frankthegerman]

Yes of course

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frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ inxi -Fxxxmprz
System:
  Host: frank-R519-R719 Kernel: 5.4.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.22.30 
  info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: R519/R719 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: R519/R719 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix 
  v: 01CI.M007.20090611.JIP date: 06/11/2009 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.4 Wh condition: 34.4/44.4 Wh (77%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
  model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.77 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (45.3%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium Dual T3400 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: D L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 8644 
  Speed: 997 MHz min/max: 1000/2166 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 997 2: 997 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:2a42 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG) 
  v: 2.1 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:293e 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-94-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Foxconn T77H121.05 802.11bgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 1c00 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:002b 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co 
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 305.32 GiB used: 78.27 GiB (25.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK3276GSX -63 size: 298.09 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1X scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 7.23 GiB 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 48.71 GiB used: 34.67 GiB (71.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home size: 232.25 GiB used: 43.59 GiB (18.8%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 11.38 GiB used: 780 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 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/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-apps-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages tricia main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info:
  Processes: 172 Uptime: 4h 34m Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.0.32 
frank@frank-R519-R719:~$ 

I see:
Pentium dual core - not that bad
4GB RAM - enough
Intel GMA integrated GPU (may be even worse than mine) - bottleneck
Hard Drive - old and slow magnetic hard drive - I would recommend even the cheapest SSD you can find

Try using Mate or Xfce - fresh install over update
Install Oibaf Mesa Drivers

Oh, and don't be crazy with too many tabs in the browser and apps running in the background. Even if won't eat up more than 3GB of your RAM it'll make your CPU struggle. Modern web technologies are a layers of bloat. Use adblocker...

I'm a Potato Linux Expert with over 10 years of experience.

Yes um aware of the processor bottle neck. The HDD was an impulse buy as my "old" one was literally on its way put. Maybe I should invest in a SSD. Any recommendations?

[MattJ86]

Yes um aware of the processor bottle neck. The HDD was an impulse buy as my "old" one was literally on its way put. Maybe I should invest in a SSD. Any recommendations?

Your CPU is actually pretty ok, the Intel GMA GPU is the bottleneck. You can read about these old integrated graphics chips on the Wikipedia. They are called 'decelerators' for a reason.

I have AData SU650 120GB SSD which was the cheapest one available couple of years ago and it still works fine, SMART doesn't show anything wrong with the drive and I don't experience any data loss. Just get the cheap Sata SSD with the capacity of your choice. 120GB may be not enough for an average data hoarders. Buying a high-end SSD for such an old machine is nonsense since it won't be able to use the full potential of the cheapest one. Also get an external USB case for your old HDD to use it for backing up your important data, because if SSD dies the data are lost forever.