Re: [xubuntu-users] System slow, multiple thunar processes running

2017-09-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 06:38:25 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >what does swap show? IOW how much swap, if any is used. If swap is used during a performance slow down, test your drives by running for i in $(smartctl --scan|awk '{ print $1}');do sudo smartctl -HA $i;done -- xubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [xubuntu-users] System slow, multiple thunar processes running

2017-09-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:21:12 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote: >Thanks for the follow up. Most of my machines have 2GB RAM. I didn't >realize it, but when I ran free -m, I found there is only 1GB on this >machine. I think you're right. Feature/bloat creep? Hi, you are guessing based on what eviden

Re: [xubuntu-users] System slow, multiple thunar processes running

2017-09-06 Thread John R. Sowden
Thanks for the follow up. Most of my machines have 2GB RAM. I didn't realize it, but when I ran free -m, I found there is only 1GB on this machine. I think you're right. Feature/bloat creep? thanks, john On 09/06/2017 02:00 PM, Victor Forberger wrote: On 09/04/2017 12:42 PM, Ian Prideaux

Re: [xubuntu-users] System slow, multiple thunar processes running

2017-09-06 Thread Victor Forberger
On 09/04/2017 12:42 PM, Ian Prideaux wrote: > On 03/09/17 09:08, John R. Sowden wrote: >> I believe that I am running 2GB ram > > free -m > > to show us your memory (in MB). > > Run top, and type M, it will order by memory usage. > > On my old computer, I was running xubuntu 15.04 with 2 GB ra