Ubuntu 12.04 Very slow especially with Android Studio

Dew Programmer · Aug 24, 2014

I have an old laptop with the following specification: Memory: 485 MiB, Processor: Genuine intel CPU T2300 @ 1.66 GHz ×2, OS Type: 32 bit, Disk: 78.1 GB,

I installed on it Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I noticed that the overall system is very slow in responding. I tried to search about that in the internet and I found some articles talking about how to make Ubuntu 12.04 LTS run fast I applied all what they said including download LXDE desktop environment and then nothing different in the system response time.

Then I need to develop some android applications so, I download Android Studio (Beta) 0.8.6. The problem became worse than before whenever I tried to open the Android Studio the screen is frozen for some minutes then it took time to download the projects and initialize the work space also, when I tried to move the cursor he is move very slowly. When I tried to run my first application on the AVD it took three hours and still not run yet.

I delete the Android Studio and install it again several times, I was trying to solve the problem but still nothing change.

Please if you have any suggestions that may help me make my laptop and Android Studio work faster I will appreciate it for you.

Thank you in advance.

jaslion · Aug 24, 2014

Dew Programmer :

I have an old laptop with the following specification: Memory: 485 MiB, Processor: Genuine intel CPU T2300 @ 1.66 GHz ×2, OS Type: 32 bit, Disk: 78.1 GB,

I installed on it Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I noticed that the overall system is very slow in responding. I tried to search about that in the internet and I found some articles talking about how to make Ubuntu 12.04 LTS run fast I applied all what they said including download LXDE desktop environment and then nothing different in the system response time.

Then I need to develop some android applications so, I download Android Studio (Beta) 0.8.6. The problem became worse than before whenever I tried to open the Android Studio the screen is frozen for some minutes then it took time to download the projects and initialize the work space also, when I tried to move the cursor he is move very slowly. When I tried to run my first application on the AVD it took three hours and still not run yet.

I delete the Android Studio and install it again several times, I was trying to solve the problem but still nothing change.

Please if you have any suggestions that may help me make my laptop and Android Studio work faster I will appreciate it for you.

Thank you in advance.

1 Get the newest one 12.04 had problems with my p4 rig and 13 didn't
2 512mb (485mb is actually 512mb in ubuntu) off ram isn't much try to get that to 1 gb as ubuntu doesn't run good on 512mb (personal experience)

skittle · Aug 24, 2014

Yes you are probably running out of ram and thus hitting the swap file on your hardrive. Upgrade ram if you want to develop software..

Also use latest LTS Lubuntu/Ubuntu 14.04

Dew Programmer · Aug 25, 2014

jaslion :

Dew Programmer :

1 Get the newest one 12.04 had problems with my p4 rig and 13 didn't
2 512mb (485mb is actually 512mb in ubuntu) off ram isn't much try to get that to 1 gb as ubuntu doesn't run good on 512mb (personal experience)

Do you know how to upgrade the RAM? I don't have any hardware background.
I already appreciated your help thank you very much.

Dew Programmer · Aug 25, 2014

skittle :

I decreased the swappiness value to be just 10 but nothing change.

How I can upgrade the RAM? I never have the chance to handle with hardware.

When I tried to upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS I got the following message:
Could not calculate the upgrade, An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
Do you have any suggestions?

Aristotelian · Aug 25, 2014

Most of the memory vendors have a tool where you can enter your computer model and they will tell you the maximum memory and try to sell it to you. You can either buy it from them or go on Newegg or Amazon and search the same exact specs.

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/store-crucial-advisor-trust

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