computer slow

[Carruth, Rusty]

In my experience, it’s almost always Firefox taking all of memory. (Or Chrome, or whatever web browser you’re using).

I agree with Mr B, run top or htop and see what’s, well, on top ;-)

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From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Michael Butash
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 10:05 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: computer slow

If I ever have that, it's usually because of something with a memory leak, or desktop graphic compositing is degrading over time.

Before you reboot, see if you can ssh into it from another computer and check htop (or just top all you have), see if something is consuming all your memory or cpu.

Desktop compositors are all shite from what I can tell (including windoze), they're all just a varying degree of broken when you push them, or just have a slow (or buggy) video card.  Depending on your desktop environment of choice, try turning down graphics options, or disabling the compositor all together to see if it helps stability.

-mb

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com<mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm almost certain that in my bag of tricks I had instructions on 'resetting' my computer when it started acting weird but I can't find them. Riddle me this: I try to leave the computer on 24/7 (maybe I shouldn't do that) and twice so far I come up to it and it is non-responsive or really slow to respond. Anyone know how to fix this?

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