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Re: First time user with some problems
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2020, 03:56:31 PM »
 

mdiemer

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Hi. i also have an old Athlon processor, but I have 6 GB ram. you may do better with Linux Lite 4, and maybe even 3 (which is still supported until next April - that's what i'm running, due to my video card having expired, putting me back on on-board graphics). LL 3.8 runs flawlessly for me. LL4 is too much for my graphics, I get display failures. If you are not getting display failures, you can probably use LL4.

Also, a lighter browser would help. I use Vivaldi, and disable all acceleration and other settings that might slow things down. There are lighter ones out there as well. Firefox is pretty demanding.

I would try a lighter browser, and adjust the settings, to see if that helps. If not, an earlier version of Lite may be desirable. Here is an article about light browsers for Linux. If you need help installing it, we'll be glad to help. (If you go with Vivaldi, download the .deb file. It should then install easily).

https://www.triveditech.com/best-lightweight-and-fastest-browser/
« Last Edit: June 22, 2020, 04:01:25 PM by mdiemer »
 

First time user with some problems
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2020, 11:20:37 AM »
 

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I have just installed Lite 5.0 (a clean install) on a new build PC using old parts and it seems to be running rather slow, for example if I shut down Firefox and click on Menu, it can take up to 10 sec for the menu to open. It is as if Linux is using the hard disk to shift data instead of RAM.

When I use the drives icon and try to open the hard disk I get an error "Can't mount file". Is this normal? When using the Disks app to look at the hard disk partitions there is a FAT32 partition there even though I used the option to erase the disk at install.

I'm afraid I am finding Linux very strange after being a Windows user for a long time and my experience with the command line is very limited so please be gentle with me. BTW, I have searched the forum for answer to this stuff with no luck, but that could be because I don't understand the replies to the posts!
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