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sari
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mint linux very slow

Post by sari »

Hi

my laptop very slow
plz help me


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inxi -Fxz
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System:
Host: kali-HP-Notebook Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8
Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Notebook
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 80C2 v: 96.02 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde
v: F.02 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Broadwell rev: 4 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 17559
Speed: 811 MHz min/max: 500/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 796 2: 798
3: 795 4: 798
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / R7
M520]
driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,modesetting,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: wl v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 304.98 GiB (32.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010A9E680
size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 910.45 GiB used: 304.98 GiB (33.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: swap-1 size: 5.92 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 42 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 239 Uptime: 5m Memory: 5.72 GiB used: 1.42 GiB (24.9%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20
inxi: 3.0.32

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Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 2.9G 0 2.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 587M 1.6M 585M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 ext4 911G 305G 560G 36% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2.9G 46M 2.9G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 2.9G 0 2.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 squashfs 100M 100M 0 100% /snap/core/11187
/dev/loop1 squashfs 219M 219M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/66
/dev/loop3 squashfs 56M 56M 0 100% /snap/core18/2074
/dev/loop2 squashfs 128K 128K 0 100% /snap/hello-world/29
/dev/loop4 squashfs 51M 51M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/542
/dev/loop5 squashfs 56M 56M 0 100% /snap/core18/2066
/dev/loop6 squashfs 62M 62M 0 100% /snap/core20/1081
/dev/loop7 squashfs 219M 219M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72
/dev/loop8 squashfs 66M 66M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515
/dev/loop9 squashfs 65M 65M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1514
/dev/loop12 squashfs 62M 62M 0 100% /snap/core20/1026
/dev/loop11 squashfs 51M 51M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/547
/dev/loop10 squashfs 100M 100M 0 100% /snap/core/11420
/dev/sda1 vfat 511M 6.7M 505M 2% /boot/efi
cgmfs tmpfs 100K 0 100K 0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs tmpfs 587M 36K 587M 1% /run/user/1000
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Fizz
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Re: mint linux very slow

Post by Fizz »

Hi- welcome to the boards.

We will need some more details. In what way are you finding it slow? What is occuring and how are you expecting it to behave?

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Boca
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Re: mint linux very slow

Post by Boca »

sari wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:47 pm Hi

my laptop very slow
plz help me

Try running "top" without quotes in a terminal, this will help identify if a particular process is hogging memory or CPÙ
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