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I have an old SLOW pc that i load ubuntu on, and it's sole purpose in life is to pay bills on line - and thus hopefully avoid most of the spyware and things like that. i'm a big fan of linux so it pains me to say this - all the tricks i know to speed up an old machine is on the windows side of things. so my question is - are there "tweaks" in ubuntu to help speed up an old machine - for example - in windows, i turn off all the extra visual elements. would there be things like that in the linux world?
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Go to System->Preferences->Appea
The following link tells you all about the services. switch them off which are not needed..
A Quick Way to Improve Ubuntu Linux Operating Speed Performance.
http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/a-quick-way-to-improve-ubuntu-linux-operating-speed-performance/
Cheers..
A Quick Way to Improve Ubuntu Linux Operating Speed Performance.
http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/a-quick-way-to-improve-ubuntu-linux-operating-speed-performance/
Cheers..
Maybe you might use another distribution as Ubuntu is quite beautiful but a bit heavy.
If it's just to pay bills online, I guess you don't care about the all GUI.
Why don't you try an XFCE-based distribution, or a Debian with nothing but an X environment + firefox/iceweasel ?
You can get an XFCE-based Ubuntu as well, if Ubuntu is a prerequisite for you
Regards
If it's just to pay bills online, I guess you don't care about the all GUI.
Why don't you try an XFCE-based distribution, or a Debian with nothing but an X environment + firefox/iceweasel ?
You can get an XFCE-based Ubuntu as well, if Ubuntu is a prerequisite for you
Regards
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ubuntu isn't a prerequisite, i just started using it because it seems to work on everything i put it on, and i like root being disabled as a default. what is an XFCE-based distro? i'm not familar with that.
XFCE is another "graphical environment", like Gnome, KDE, said to be less resource-consumer
Ubuntu uses Gnome as a default
Check here: http://www.xubuntu.org/
Ubuntu uses Gnome as a default
Check here: http://www.xubuntu.org/
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cool, can i just apt get XFCE - or would I have to download a different ubuntu distro?
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thanks for the help