I run two different laptops, both are dual boot with Win. Both have big HD's so space (overall) is not a problem. Also, I am not a 'power' user.
This computer is a much older one, which was running MX 19, which I stepped up through MX 21 and then went on to MX 23 almost immediately, just to try things out. My other, much newer laptop is running MX 21.
However, on this (older) computer, I noticed a much longer load time for processes and programs. Everything works, and runs, but the time for loading or switching is longer, maybe as long as 5+ seconds, compared to the almost instantaneous loading of the past.
When I abandoned Win 7, and first did a dual boot, and moved this older computer to MX, I followed good advice from the Internet, to actually have a Root partition since it made movement from one version to another safer and easier, since your Home files would be separated and unaffected if something went wrong with the Root. This has worked fine up to now, and I sized the Root partition above what was suggested back then.
This recent move from MX 19 to MX 23 is the first time I have had a 'slow down' in speed, although functionality is still fine.
So.... before I move my new machine over to MX 23 -- here are my questions:
- Is the slow down due to Root being too small for MX 23
- Or is it just that my older processor is the source of the problem?
Thanks!
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 clocksource: hpet
avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet
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Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 5.103.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7
dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.3_KDE_x64 Libretto January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite P770 v: PSBY1U-009005
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: PHRAA v: 1.00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: PSBY1U-009005
uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: TOSHIBA v: 2.20 date: 10/30/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 0% condition: 7.1/48.6 Wh (14.6%) volts: 6.7 min: 10.8
model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-2410M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1038 high: 1563 min/max: 800/2900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 917 2: 828 3: 1563 4: 844 bogomips: 18357
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Toshiba
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Alcor Micro USB 2.0 Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3 chip-ID: 058f:b003 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson 0x544b built: 2008 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 106
gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.0
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) device-ID: 8086:0116
memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba 6
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On driver: ath9k
v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002b
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: mld, NetworkManager, nfsd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 83.61 GiB (14.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS547564A9E384 size: 596.17 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A60B
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 19.92 GiB size: 19.44 GiB (97.59%) used: 12.97 GiB (66.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-2: /home raw-size: 194.15 GiB size: 190.04 GiB (97.88%) used: 70.64 GiB (37.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 12.21 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda5
maj-min: 8:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2587 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2581 libs: 1398 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
Memory: total: 6 GiB available: 5.7 GiB used: 1.46 GiB (25.6%)
Processes: 175 Power: uptime: 30m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 2.25 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5)
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.34
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
