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Good day! Today I installed ubuntu on my home desktop (win 7 is the main OS). To this day I was running it in a virtual machine, but since I will do some of my work from home I decided to install it as a second OS.

The problem is that the installation runs rather slow. Nothing huge, however, on my work PC which is weaker some simple commands like apt-cache search or the creation of a database are made instantly. Same goes for the virtual machine. On this installation though, it takes a second or so for the basic command (like the apt-cache) and a couple of seconds for the creation of a database.

It is nothing fatal, however it is annoying to some extent and I am wondering what can be causing this. I do not recall seeing any option for limiting the processing power which the PC should be able to use(in the installation).

Any ideas on what may be causing this?

EDIT: Earlier today I updated everything via the package manager (sudo apt-get update ) I am not sure if this covers the drivers or not.

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sudo apt-get update doesn't actually install any updates. Although I do understand the confusion. What sudo apt-get update actually does is explained here, in a question also asked on AskUbuntu. After apt-get update you will probably want to run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. Even easier would be using the software & updates tool available in recent Ubuntu versions.

Try installing the latest updates and see if it really makes a difference. Since I don't really know about any of the hardware you are using I can't really help you with driver issues. From the software & updates application you can find proprietary drivers, which might boost your performance. Be cautious though, try using tested versions. Considering your experience with Ubuntu you might be in for even more issues if you use untested versions that might be unstable.

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