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 Jan 20 2008, 09:28 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Texas Gulf Coast Member No.: 172,550  |
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Jan 22 2008, 10:20 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 10-April 06 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 63,555 |
No endorsement for Ubuntu from a beginner like me, but I like
it on a much older and hardly as robust as yours is. BUT, I did do a re-install some time ago. I put the CD in and just went through the procedure again. Wait for one of the experts here though...and good luck |
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Jan 23 2008, 03:30 PM
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 Hail Groovicus! Group: Site Admin Posts: 6,452 Joined: 5-June 04 From: Vermillion, SD Member No.: 689 |
I meant to reply to this a couple of days ago.
Mis-installs of java are not going to do anything other than perhaps take up disk space. Java only runs when something needs it, which for most people is only when a web page needs it. Otherwise it isn't doing anything. Ubuntu is a pretty full-fledged package, and probably has many more things running than you need or want. It might take some tweaking to optimize performance. Or it is possible that you have some hardware that it is not happy with. It is hard to say. Investigating the logs may help you find a problem, or it may not. Some distros are just not happy on some hardware. I have a system on which I have been trying to install, and it just doesn't like my video cards. I have spent the better part of a week trying to get it going, and I am just unable to do it. So I threw Cent-OS back on, and was up and going in a matter of a half-hour. Of course, it will take me a couple of weeks to get it all set back up the way I want.  Where do you see XP as performing better than Ubuntu? What happens if you have 10 windows open in XP? I can do that in any distro of Linux with no problem. I have never seen any differences in Internet performance. I can get more done with Linux in a given amount of time than I can with Windows. It's just a matter of practice. At any rate, if you want to reinstall, do a fresh install. It doesn't take that much longer. -------------------- |
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Jan 28 2008, 10:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Texas Gulf Coast Member No.: 172,550 |
Thanks for the replies. I am still having some problems with the entire system locking up. But it doesn't seem to be happening as much lately. My main problem is with the Firefox browser. It is slow to load pages and animations are extremely slow and jerky. When I attempt to play any on-line game, I can get several keystrokes (or mouseclicks) ahead of what is happening on the screen. Even playing a simple card game is impossible. When I click on a card to play it, it will move part way to the playing surface, stop for a second, and so forth. The problems with Firefox is what led me to suspect the java installation.
I learned that if I just delete everything in the Ubuntu partition, I will also lose my GRUB installation, which means that I can't boot anything. I am working on setting up a dedicated GRUB partition first before I try anything else. Then I might try a different browser before a fresh install. I may even have to try another distro to find something I can live with. But I'm hoping that I can get something working with Ubuntu since I like most everything else about it. I am determined to find an alternative to Windows and all its bloat. |
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 Jan 29 2008, 07:22 PM
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I run Firefox 2.0.0.11 on my Slackware 12 PC (dual-core 2GB RAM) and on my Vista laptop. Firefox on the Slackware box is a pig. It takes forever to load pages -- especially pages with ads. Do yourself a favor, try another browser on Ubuntu and see what surfing is like. When I use konqueror it is much faster.
(BTW, firefox on my vista laptop is much faster) -------------------- \\uSlacker |
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Jan 30 2008, 03:33 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 5-October 07 Member No.: 161,071 |
I had the same problem. I disabled IPv6 and it's running nice and stable... very little slowdown when surfing.
P4 1.2GHz 512 Mb RAM NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420 oh, and it's a 2002 model Compaq Presario REFURB!!! lol Here's how: in the terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases search for: alias net-pf-10 ipv6 replace with: alias net-pf-10 off #ipv6 save and close. back in the terminal: sudo gedit /etc/hosts Comment out (insert # before the line) all the lines which has to do with Ipv6 in this file and save it then. The final step is that you reboot the system to take effect. -------------------- If you truly live by the sword, it only stands to reason that someone has to die by it.
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Jan 30 2008, 07:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Texas Gulf Coast Member No.: 172,550 |
Doomgiver13, I appreciate your input, but it didn't do anything for me. Actually, the games won't even load now, so I can't see if they play any better. I went back and removed the changes and rebooted the computer, but the games still won't load. So I am back to square 1.
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Jan 31 2008, 04:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 5-October 07 Member No.: 161,071 |
Am I correct in assuming you are fully updated?
-------------------- If you truly live by the sword, it only stands to reason that someone has to die by it.
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Jan 31 2008, 06:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Texas Gulf Coast Member No.: 172,550 |
I have installed all recommended updates as they came available.
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Jan 31 2008, 08:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 5-October 07 Member No.: 161,071 |
ok. I'll do some more research and see what I can come up with. In the mean time, maybe someone will have a good idea.
-------------------- If you truly live by the sword, it only stands to reason that someone has to die by it.
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Jan 31 2008, 08:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Texas Gulf Coast Member No.: 172,550 |
OK folks, I don't know what happened but my browser is now running faster than it has since I installed it. Unless disabling and then re-enabling IPv6 caused some change, I have no idea what happened. The games (java applets) are still a little slow loading, but run fine after they get loaded. Thanks to everyone for the help. You can consider this thread closed.
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Mar 2 2008, 04:13 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 2-March 08 Member No.: 193,831 |
QUOTE(uslacker @ Jan 29 2008, 07:22 PM)  I run Firefox 2.0.0.11 on my Slackware 12 PC (dual-core 2GB RAM) and on my Vista laptop. Firefox on the Slackware box is a pig. It takes forever to load pages -- especially pages with ads. Do yourself a favor, try another browser on Ubuntu and see what surfing is like. When I use konqueror it is much faster. (BTW, firefox on my vista laptop is much faster) Do yourself a favor — install the AdBlock Plus extension. Ads? What ads? (If you add the string *google-analytics* to the list of blockable items, pages display even faster.) |
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