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My Dell Optiplex which was running Ubuntu 17.10 on a small HDD died this week, so I replaced the whole machine and installed Ubuntu 17.10 on a new SSD drive, thinking it would improve performance. I followed the default partition option with an EFI partition on the SSD. The problem is that several aspects of the system seem slower. Unfortunately I can't quantify it but I get a sense of laggy-ness and generally poor responsiveness (mouse movement, scrolling text files, program load time, etc -- but not only interface responsiveness).

In short, should I simply return to my previous setup? I assumed there would be some benefits running the OS on the SSD. Is it worth the hassle trying to configure things correctly? Sorry if this question is very vague.

Keith
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Mouse movement, scrolling text has nothing to do with the speed of your hard disk. That is all -memory- based.

In short, should I simply return to my previous setup?

That is a question only you can answer.

Is it worth the hassle trying to configure things correctly? Sorry if this question is very vague.

In my opinion: yes, if only for understanding your system better.

In regards to slow responses from mouse and scrolling:

  • Open top in a terminal and have it visible. When the mouse lags or scrolling lags check what the processes are that eat up your resources.
  • Do a memory scan to check if the memory is faulty.
  • Also make a note of all your hardware and see if you can identify any problems there. If, as an example, you have 1Gb in memory you will see performance increase adding 3 or 7 more.
Rinzwind
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