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Post by tbird on Apr 27, 2019 21:24:25 GMT -6
I have to write this due to my recent experience with windows.
I hardly ever boot into windows...and it's not hard to see why, I got a little done on my demo and wanted to compile it in windows to make sure all was well, so first after the 4 minute boot time (linux is 2 minutes), it took another minute to open..well anything. So after geany opened the load popup lagged like crazy, I did my thing and my fiance wanted to play a game, ok. Game took at least 3 minutes to load checked task manager windows was using 50% cpu and 100% disk, and it just kept on like this various windows services sucking the life out of my laptop lol. So game launched 30 seconds in freezes and crashes, went to restart to fix and another forced windows update..so I walked away and am writing this on my phone...oh it rebooted and its in linux and everything works...instantly, the nightmare is over...till next time.
Rant done.
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Post by n00b on Apr 29, 2019 7:34:23 GMT -6
Sorry to hear about your windows issues. As far as your issues with the CPU going up to 50%, try calling Wait with a value of 3 to 5 ms. It usually helps. I am personally not a huge fan of windows but it is too important of a platform to not support. I hope you manage to get your issues fixed.
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Post by tbird on Apr 29, 2019 12:20:59 GMT -6
Yes important it is, I just wish it did not decay so fast, after a new Windows install, maybe three months later and it just slows to a crawl. I never have these issues in Linux ( I have other issues, but easily fixed). All in all I was having a very unhappy time, I vented and am better now, Windows behaved last night for the most part. The 100% disk and service issue seems to be directly tied to Windows Update, why they can't limit what there own operating system does is beyond me, update in the background...fine but let me do something.
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Post by johnno56 on Apr 29, 2019 16:09:03 GMT -6
Over the years, I think the most stable Windows version, was XP. Sure 95 and 98 were 'prettier' but they ended up almost crawling to a halt after some months. XP, not so much. But switching to Ubuntu 5.10 was the best thing I ever did... At Version 13.04 I switched to Linux Mint and have been using it ever since. The only thing I have noticed, is that gradually over time, startup is taking a bit longer... Almost a minute now... Other than that, my machine has been running like clockwork.
At times I have had to manually reboot because of a system lockup... but those were programming errors on my part... mongrel 'rabbit holes'... But that's another story... System lockup due to, all hail and praise to the almighty Adobe flash player... There are some descriptions I choose not to use because I and others would find them offensive... Firefox is another source of system lock... but that's rare...
But the two BIGGEST pluses for Linux is: (drum roll) It's FREE and better yet... (louder drum roll) Not effected by viruses... yet...
As a biased Linux user, my only suggestion for problems with Windows, is... Can you guess?
All joking aside... System issues - any OS - can be extremely annoying and at times frustrating. The number of times I have had to re-install an OS (yes... windows 95 and 98) and discovering a backup was 'not'performed... grrr... In most cases of 'slow down' it's usually a rogue process or too many processes are running. I can sympathise with your issue and wish it on no one... If there is anything we can do to help, just ask.
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Post by tbird on Apr 29, 2019 19:36:30 GMT -6
Well I am happy I am not alone, it can be very frustrating, when I set aside 1 hour of programming time and 90% of that time is eaten up by a rogue OS...well it creates tension lol. I suppose it could always be worse.
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Post by johnno56 on Apr 30, 2019 4:57:21 GMT -6
I suppose it COULD be worse....
The power could be out and forced to use the Android.
Android battery dies and resorted to the use of pen and paper.
But with the power out it could be night time.
If daytime the pen could be dry.
The cat could have shredded the paper.
Oh wait... There is always toilet paper...
You're right... It could be worse... lol
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Post by tbird on Apr 30, 2019 6:06:57 GMT -6
Johnno your mind is an amazing thing.
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Post by n00b on Apr 30, 2019 8:11:29 GMT -6
I have been using Ubuntu for 10 years now but I am actually thinking about switching to either POP OS or Solus. I was contributing to the Solus Devs on patreon for over a year until they cancelled there patreon. I think they have a new one now but I have been to lazy to go set it back up lol.
Ubuntu has been great but it sucks when it comes to driver support for older graphics cards. I have an NVidia GT 710 and I have had to purge and reinstall my graphics drivers twice in the past 6 months. I never had this problem on Unity but when they switched to Gnome stuff just started breaking. This my be a sign that its time to try other distros.
Have you guys been looking at trying another distro or have you been content with what you are running?
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Post by tbird on Apr 30, 2019 11:39:13 GMT -6
I had a few driver issues on my gaming pc in different buntu flavors, my laptop is running Lubuntu, and my pc is running Bodhi linux its another buntu based flavor but have had great luck with it and its really fast.
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Post by johnno56 on Apr 30, 2019 15:17:51 GMT -6
Personally, I'm not a 'gamer', so the basic drivers are all I need and have been working just fine. In the past, I have tried different 'flavours' of Linux, from 'light weight' to 'enhanced'. The light weights were quick to run and quick to start. But the ones I tried were a bit on the 'ugly' side. I tried a Ubuntu Studio, admittedly, it was one of the earlier versions. It was definitely different. A lot of 'eye candy' and applications geared for gaming and multi-media production. Unfortunately, my machine was not quite powerful enough to run it efficiently, so ends another test. I always check distrowatch.com/ just in case... I have seen many flavours come and go but usually the "top" 10 to 15 OS's seem to remain. I usually select from these as they 'seem' to be the most stable... I think, in the last 14 years as a rule, I tend to install an OS each time my machine dies... with the exception of testing an OS - but that is usually done on a spare drive... Too much 'talking'. Not enough coffee... Have a great day, guys. |
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