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Why is my fresh install of 12.04 running slow?

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Hey guys I'm a new linux user, I figured it would be the best for the laptop I just purchased because it's said to be faster than Windows 7. I'm currently dual-booting with Windows 7 Professial and Ubuntu 12.04.
The laptop I am using is the LG X Note P210

Specs:

Intel Core i5 470UM Dual Core clocked at 1.33GHz

12.5" HD LED LCD Screen at 1366 by 768

4GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz RAM

Integrated Intel HD Graphics Card

4 Cell Battery with 3150mAh

It comes loaded Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit, it runs fine on that but my Ubuntu 12.04 runs slower than it and I don't understand why, it definitely has decent specs to run even a 64-bit operating system and do some gaming. Granted I know it's not the best but for a laptop it does the job so Ubuntu should work especially since it's said to make older units with worse specs run even better.

I'm not all that familiar with coding and all so what are things I can do to optimize speed without overclocking? Boot up is fine, its program response time I believe, once Im in the actual OS, it lags, slows down, apps stop working, take forever to load up apps.

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answered 3 Years ago arbaour · Accepted Answer

I'm not really sure why people are still perpetuating the myth that Ubuntu is faster than Windows? The desktop used by Ubuntu - Unity - is every bit as much a beast as is Windows and requires quite a bit of processing power and memory.

I have two suggestions for you:

Install the 32bit Ubuntu. You only have 4GB of memory so you wont really be benefiting and this may be contributing to a slight slow-down.

Try an alternative desktop. There are a number of alternative desktops for Ubuntu. Because you only have Intel integrated graphics available, you may prefer to run something rather lighter. XFCE is a popular choice.

You can either install a version of Ubuntu specifically designed for XFCE - Xubuntu. Or you can install XFCE as an alternative desktop, see here for instructions.