Beginner with slow Ubuntu 18.04

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I'm a beginner with Ubuntu 18.04, and I found it so slow with my Acer Aspire E1-571 laptop. How can I check if I have a problem such as a missed driver or something else? Or does my laptop lack the performance even if I don't think so?

Any help, please?

This is the output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display':

abdelhakim@FILDSM:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

What exactly is slow? How much RAM do you have? What is graphics adapter? — Pilot6, Jul 22 '18 at 13:24
I have 4gb RAM, it is slow when i use it with or withount internet but it become more slow when i open the browsers — F.Marko, Jul 22 '18 at 13:25
Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' terminal command. — Pilot6, Jul 22 '18 at 13:26
Personally I would use Ubuntu 16.04 with your hardware. It is supported until the year 2021 by which time you'll probably have a more powerful laptop. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Jul 22 '18 at 15:58
@F.Marko You are welcome :) Although I recommend 16.04 instead of 18.04 in your case, there were two answers posted already, so I posted one as well. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Jul 22 '18 at 17:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '18 at 17:35

I recommend Ubuntu 16.04 instead of 18.04 for your Sandy Bridge processor. If you would still like to use Ubuntu 18.04 there are steps you can take to make it faster. From this answer Make Ubuntu 18.04 lighter?:

Disable or Uninstall Extensions
Turn Off Search Sources
Disable File Indexing
Turn Off Animations
Install Lighter Alternative Apps
Limit Startup Applications

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '18 at 16:57

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When you compare Ubuntu 18.04 with an older version of Ubuntu like 14.04 you will observe,

The improvements of GUIs
Improvements to the basic applications like VLC player, GIMP etc: So if you have work with an older version you will feel like it's slow. but it's fine. If still not interested try, Speed Up Ubuntu Startup

answered Jul 22 '18 at 16:57

Pramod Dissanayake

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Another link to consider: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1047169/make-ubuntu-18-04-lighter – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jul 22 '18 at 17:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 05 '18 at 21:15

I'm on Acer C720 (Haswell Processor) and 18 is definitely heavier on system resources for whatever reason. RAM usage at idle on 18 is around 650MB, while 16 sits around 320. If you remove unnecessary packages (carefully!), you can lighten the load a bit. I have gotten my 16 install down to 275MB at idle (Removing drivers and unused applications).

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 02 '18 at 09:53

You could try to turn off animations. In your Dash write search for software and open Software Updater. Under Ubuntu Software turn on universe repository and click Reload. After that, install Gnome Tweak Tool with:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

In the Tweak Tool search for Animations and turn it off.

Beginner with slow Ubuntu 18.04

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