4 Tricks to Speed Up Ubuntu
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu answerers link it when explaining how to reveal and disable hidden startup applications, and askers cite it as the source of speed-up tweaks they are trying to follow.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2013 to 2017.
What it is
A short 2013 screencast by NixieDoesLinux covering four ways to make Ubuntu run faster. It shows how to reveal hidden startup apps, install the Preload utility, lower the swappiness value, and disable a gedit plugin, with the terminal commands listed in the description.
What people said
Recommends Radu Rădeanu · 2013-04 · Ask Ubuntu · on “How to stop pidgin to run at Ubuntu start up?”
Press Super (windows key), search for Startup Applications and open it. If you see pidgin there, deselect it. If don't follow next steps: open a Terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ) and run next command (that show hidden startup aplications): sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g" /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop reopen Startup Applications as in step 1. now you should see for sure pidgin, deselect it. Also, this video should be helpful: Tricks to Speed Up Ubuntu [this video] .
Recommends johnlittleblues · 2014-01 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Graphics driver for Ubuntu 12.04”
There are 2 Linux drivers, the privative and the open driver, you have the open driver installed try to install the privative driver. It's better if before uninstalling the video driver before install the new driver, Try to reinstall the Xorg driver on a terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ): sudo aptitude reinstall xserver-xorg-video-intel sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Install MESA: sudo apt-get install mesa-utils So, if you want to know what driver are using use: glxinfo | grep -i render Here how install the Linux video driver for Ubuntu: [LINK] After install the video driver is good make a actualization: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade NOTE: Sometimes the the privative drivers works b
Cites samuelcersosimo · 2013-03 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Is 12.04 compatible with the Dell XPS 14Z laptop?”
I have a Dell XPS 14z (L412z) running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and, in general, I'm very satisfied. It's a great machine but some issues need to be solved after installing Ubuntu 12.04. I've made a thread in Ubuntu Forums about how to solve temperature, battery and touchpad issues [LINK] . Here it is: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Dell XPS 14z - temperature, touchpad and other issues Here are solutions and workarounds that I found for temperature and battery consumption on the Dell XPS 14z (L412z) notebook, while running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin). TEMPERATURE ISSUE AND BATTERY LIFE ON DELL XPS 14Z WITH UBUNTU 12.04 LTS After these tweaks, the CPU temperature will run in about 40 up to 48ºC with regu
Cites 842Mono · 2014-02 · Ask Ubuntu · on “In gedit, what is the "file browser panel" plugin and what does it do?”
The "File browser panel" plugin says "Easy file access from the side panel". What side panel? The launcher maybe? I was watching 4 Tricks to Speed Up Ubuntu - YouTube [this video] and it said to turn off this plugin. I just want to understand what I'm dealing with.
Cites xangua · 2014-03 · Ask Ubuntu · on “How do I edit all autostart applications?”
Show Hidden Startup Apps: sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g" /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop 4 Tricks to Speed Up Ubuntu [this video]
Cites chilango · 2014-07 · Ask Ubuntu · on “open startup applications preferences on Lubuntu 14.04”
I recently installed Lubuntu 14.04 on a Compaq nc6000 with 768MB of RAM and 80GB hard drive. I want to tweak Lubuntu for faster bootup (because it is slow). I watched a video on youtube [this video] , where the author suggested tweaking it from Startup Applications preferences. I couldn't locate it and I don't know how to "create it". I tried to follow the directions she suggested: Inputting a command on the terminal: sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g" /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop then hit Enter for changes to be applied. but I can't open the startup applications preferences window because I don't know how to do it or create it on Lubuntu 14.04! She also suggested installing Preloa
Cites makaveli_lcf · 2017-09 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Add grub menu for OS X”
I have my general solution for the problem. Recently I have installed Ubuntu 16.04LTS Gnome on my iMac with Sierra Mac OS X. The reason was that OS became sluggish and I wanted something faster (and after 17th years with Linux the solution was obvious). I follower a nice tutorial Ubuntu on iMac [LINK] Everything went great until rebooting the iMac after Ubuntu installation. The only booting system was Linux, moreover I could not see the GRUB menu... Hopefully it was booting) The Linux works great, just some Wireless and graphic drivers were missing (used Xorg instead), but after plugging it via Ethernet cable to my modem I made all updates and installed the drivers. A link to Wifi drivers in