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Ubuntu running slow
hey guys i plan to setup a home server on ubuntu server but since i know nothing of linux i just have it on my normal pc to play around with for now and to test run it. i noticed when i installed it however it runs painfully slow. My specs that would directly affect it are i am running a i7 4790k i have an amd radeon hd7870 and 16gb of ram. i dont see why it is slow but loading settings and other apps is painfully slow. any ideas as to why? a second minor question is do any of you know where i can learn to setup the linux server like how to setup the samba part and everything..
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October 13, 2014 6:37:00 PM

haha after much frustration i had removed ubuntu entirely and plan to install it on a normal acer aspire latter on this month. Thanks for all the replys, Ijack gave the most detail and help what is why their best answer. Thanks!
a b 5 Linux
October 13, 2014 2:44:48 AM

I took "painfully slow" literally, but I'll leave the OP to respond with what is really meant by this. TBH, I notice little difference between Linux on an SSD and a normal HDD, once it has booted, as libraries files that are used more than once tend to be cached in RAM.
a b 5 Linux
October 13, 2014 12:29:12 AM

Ijack said:
Although an SSD would make it even faster, it should fly on a normal hard disk so I wouldn't worry abou this. If you have only just installed the OS it may be that it is still indexing the disk, or some other initialization. Is the hard disk showing a lot of activity?

As a first basic troubleshooting open a terminal window and type "top". This should give you a display of the running processes, a bit like a text version of Windows Task Manager. This may help you to work out what is going on.


OP probably means Ubuntu on mechanical HDD is objectively slow compared to Windows on an SSD. Fact of life is that SSD are becoming almost order of magnitude faster than HDD!

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a b 5 Linux
October 12, 2014 11:08:13 PM

Although an SSD would make it even faster, it should fly on a normal hard disk so I wouldn't worry abou this. If you have only just installed the OS it may be that it is still indexing the disk, or some other initialization. Is the hard disk showing a lot of activity?

As a first basic troubleshooting open a terminal window and type "top". This should give you a display of the running processes, a bit like a text version of Windows Task Manager. This may help you to work out what is going on.
October 12, 2014 5:10:44 PM

i have it installed on a hdd. i have windows on my ssd so i cant put it on there sadly.
October 12, 2014 4:25:56 PM

as to why Ubuntu Server would be slow with a modern i7 socket 1150 rig, that is a bit baffling.....

You actually have it installed, vice running it off the live CD/DVD?
a b 5 Linux
October 12, 2014 10:58:25 AM

Get an SSD if loading things is too slow.

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