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[New to Linux]Need help with slow speed and low volume.

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Hi everyone, this morning I replaced my Windows 10 with Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon. Now, in terms of speed, i wasn't expecting a miracle because my laptop is getting quite old and only works with the ac cable on, since the battery is dead. But the machine seems quite laggy and unstable, i was wondering if there was something that i could do to make it a little faster. I've only being using Linux from a couple of hours, so I'm a complete newbie :)

The other problem, which concerns me a little more, is the low volume. I've been watching videos on Youtube and the audio is barely hearable. Now, i remember I had this problem also on Windows, but with the installation of the IDT Audio driver (which i had pre-installed on this laptop) I had a noticeable boost. Is there something i can do on Linux to boost my audio -i already tried to boost to 150% with pulseaudio.

Thanks in advance, I will appreciate your help. :D
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Re: [New to Linux]Need help with slow speed and low volume.

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Please follow this guide in order to get help...

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Re: [New to Linux]Need help with slow speed and low volume.

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I'm sorry if I made some mistakes, by the way this is the 'inxi' output

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-73-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15 
  v: 087D1100003B5900000320100 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 18FE v: 82.28 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde 
  v: F.1B date: 08/13/2013 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0% condition: 4.6/4.6 Wh (100%) volts: 9.6/14.4 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-3227U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 15165 
  Speed: 1896 MHz min/max: 800/1900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1897 2: 1896 
  3: 1896 4: 1896 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) 
  v: 4.2 Mesa 20.2.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip ID: 8086:1e20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-73-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard AR9485/HB125 802.11bgn 1×1 Wi-Fi driver: ath9k 
  v: kernel port: 4040 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0032 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 26.77 GiB (9.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD032 size: 298.09 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1C scheme: GPT 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
  v: 3.0 port: 4060 bus ID: 00:1f.2 chip ID: 8086.282a rev: 04 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 291.92 GiB used: 26.76 GiB (9.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 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 https://mirror.init7.net/linuxmint ulyssa main upstream import backport
  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
Info:
  Processes: 228 Uptime: 30m Memory: 5.70 GiB used: 1.81 GiB (31.7%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
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Re: [New to Linux]Need help with slow speed and low volume.

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@cerozz96 Well it's fairly old hardware, with a spinning drive, so things are probably gonna be a bit slow. Maybe try Mint XFCE instead of Cinnamon.
Check out speed tips: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
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Re: [New to Linux]Need help with slow speed and low volume.

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@spamegg Thank you, I installed XFCE and it seems to run smoother :)
What about the audio? Is there something that can be done?
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