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Asked: 2018-08-20 02:38:20 +0800 CST

Computer not very responsive

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Sometimes, your computer may be slow to react - tasks take longer to finish, directories open slower, the kernel does not distribute the loads on the CPU cores very well...

Sometimes, this affects also Firefox, which is designed to run efficiently on multiple CPU cores.

firefox kernel responsiveness

1 Answers

  1. One thing you can always try is:

    sudo apt purge linux*
sudo apt install linux-image-generic

    This will clean up system and kernel files which might affect performance.

    Be aware that after sudo apt purge linux*, you cannot boot your computer anymore. Be sure to follow up with the second line.

    Also, make absolutely sure you have a running internet connection - otherwise, apt cannot download the linux-image-generic package.

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