Ubuntu 13.04 is slow on my PC

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I have recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC, and it's quite slow. I'm not sure what is causing the trouble, but it looks to me like it's Unity, because all the applications take a long time to start.

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz CPU and 1.5GB RAM. I don't have any extra graphics or video card installed. And from what I have read I know that Unity uses a lot of GPU if there is a GPU installed. So if this is the cause of my poor system performance, would switching to a new desktop environment be advisable? Do you have any other suggestions for how to improve my system's performance?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:49

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you might try to turn Ubuntu into Xubuntu by following the instructions you find at this link: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/alternative

answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:49

luca6533

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:50

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try Xubuntu 13.04 or Lubutu 13.04, this distros is very fast, because lightweigt Desktop Environment

answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:50

Fallout4all

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:01

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It's not very much RAM for running Ubuntu with Unity, my laptops memory uses more memory than that most of the time. Does your computer use the swap partition a lot?

answered Jun 16 '13 at 07:01

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Ubuntu 13.04 is slow on my PC

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