[GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Mauro Souza]

166MB of apparent free RAM isn't the problem. There are several GB used for
buffers/cache, so they count as free. As soon as the kernel needs more than
those 166MB, that memory being used for cache will be discarded and used.
I agree with all the others blaming Gnome3. I personally don't like Gnome3
and I either use XFCE on my company-mandated laptop or Cinnamon on my
personal laptop.

Mauro
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Em ter., 8 de jun. de 2021 às 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <
talk at gtalug.org> escreveu:

> | From: Chris Aitken via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | owner at owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
>
> Which model of HP-Compaq-8000-Elite computer is this?
> What's the processor?
> Do you have a video card?
>
> The GPU built into old Intel processors is not really great for gnome.
>
> My superstitious understanding is:
> - gnome's compositor uses 3d graphics primitives.
> - the i915(?) video driver emulates them in software.
> - the result is quite sluggish
> I'm not sure of this -- I haven't needed to know.
>
> All this is needlessly wasteful.  If you don't need gnome, consider
> running a different desktop.  Unfortunately, KDE is no better.
>
> A new video card could solve this, but they are unreasonably expensive
> these days, especially when you are upgradding an old machine.
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