Speeding up Linux...

.Kencs · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:00

How can I speed up my Linux netbook?
If I go to youtube it buffers / lags every few seconds...is there something I can do? There isnt much on it...
Would uninstalling half of the pre-installed rubbish help?

whitecrook · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:08

specs / model / operating system version?

type top in the console and see what is running

how much memory?

Can it play videos from disk using e.g. gstreamer / vlc? is it just youtube that has problems? What about vimeo ?

.Kencs · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:19

whitecrook said:
specs / model / operating system version?

type top in the console and see what is running

how much memory?

Can it play videos from disk using e.g. gstreamer / vlc? is it just youtube that has problems? What about vimeo ?

1GB Memory
80GB HDD
Intel Atom CPU N270 1.60GHz
Ubuntu Release 10.10

With VLC player it is fine with no lag, but its only on youtube and when I play videos people post of facebook it lags...

whitecrook · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:22

probably flash or something. What version of flash are you running. if you download the flv video, can you play it in vlc?

.Kencs · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:25

Yeah it plays fine...

Adobe Flash Player version 10.2.153.1

whitecrook · 12 Apr 2011 at 02:47

not sure what the latest version is or what is recommended for best results on linux at the moment, but some googling should help or perhaps some helpful person can post the solution.

If you give flash more priority in the task manager does it run better?

maybe flashplugin-nonfree ?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1485999

3dcandy · 13 Apr 2011 at 17:19

it's a bit low on memory with only 1 gig. My dual core Atom struggled with Flash until I upped memory to 2 gig. Your mileage might vary, but it's a well known problem that Flash on Linux quite badly suxs at the moment compared to Windows and Macs

russ0r · 13 Apr 2011 at 18:44

I've got an N270 with 1Gb that plays youtube videos fine on Joli OS.
Are you using the full version of Ubuntu? Maybe use a netbook distro?

3dcandy · 13 Apr 2011 at 19:19

also is it a network/internet issue? tried using wired instead of wireless?

Subliminal Aura · 13 Apr 2011 at 19:20

russ0r said:
I've got an N270 with 1Gb that plays youtube videos fine on Joli OS.
Are you using the full version of Ubuntu? Maybe use a netbook distro?

Beaten !

Joli OS F-T-W.

I would say my laptop feels 3 times faster than it did with windows 7