Linux mint is running too slow and hanging while pasting any file or installing a new package

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Linux mint is running too slow and hanging while pasting any file or installing a new package

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Hi i am new in linux i have a very old laptop i just move to linux after windows 7 is expired somebody on the internet said that linux work faster than windows and is best for multi tasking but what i saw is just opposite. linux mint 19.3 is runing too slow in my machine while installing any package and while pasting files to my external hard drive. i don't know what is the problem here is there any driver missing plz help i am noob in linux world. :cry: :|

This is my system detail if it can help you figure out my problem.

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System:    Host: linuxer Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia 
           base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude E6400 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 8 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0W620R serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A34 date: 06/04/2013 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 12.1 Wh condition: 12.1/57.7 Wh (21%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
           model: Sanyo DELL KY266:1 serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 9569 
           Speed: 811 MHz min/max: 800/2401 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1559 2: 1528 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:2a42 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
           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: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:293e 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: efe0 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:10f5 
           IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1100 bus ID: 0c:00.0 
           chip ID: 8086:4232 
           IF: wlp12s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.51 TiB used: 1.31 TiB (86.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9160310AS size: 149.05 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion size: 1.36 TiB 
           serial: <filter> 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 
           bus ID: 00:1f.2 chip ID: 8086.282a 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 68.63 GiB used: 22.10 GiB (32.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.72 GiB used: 6.2 MiB (0.2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: 45.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3017 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 
           1: deb https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
           2: deb https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ hirsute main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           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: 204 Uptime: 1h 02m Memory: 1.92 GiB used: 1.00 GiB (52.3%) Init: systemd 
           v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client 
           inxi: 3.0.32
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Re: Linux mint is running too slow and hanging while pasting any file or installing a new package

Post by JoeFootball »

Anandx wrote: i have a very old laptop ...
Indeed. I wouldn't be using the Cinnamon desktop with that CPU, and its 2 GBs RAM with integrated graphics. Also, I would be using a 64-bit OS for a 64-bit CPU.

If you'd like to stay with Linux Mint, I'd suggest LM 19.2 Xfce, which defaults to the 4.15 kernel, which may do better with that older hardware.
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Re: Linux mint is running too slow and hanging while pasting any file or installing a new package

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ok thank you brother
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