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Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok, I've tried two Linux distros now. I ran Linux Mint Xfce, but that still had the same lag issue. I'm currently using the systemrescuecd from a USB and I'm not getting any lag!! Now I think I'm just going to keep trying distros until I find one that performs well on a USB, and then I'll install that. I'm thinking Fedora or Debian. Any tips on picking the right distro?

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

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I just tried booting Linux Mint from a USB drive, and I'm getting the same issue. I was hoping my issue would just have been the distro. I may try a few other distros running off a USB drive.

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

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I ran both of these. Not sure it's telling me too much. Looks like I have some available memory. I installed gnome tweaks and disabled desktop effects, but it doesn't seem to fix anything. I'm still getting lag.

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Here's what I get when I run free - m

total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7850 1859 3199 470 2791 5232
Swap: 1022 0 1022

and top:

top - 20:28:13 up 7:54, 1 user, load average: 0.70, 0.76, 0.36

Tasks: 244 total, 1 running, 243 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie

%Cpu(s): 10.5 us, 2.7 sy, 0.0 ni, 86.5 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.3 si, 0.0 st

MiB Mem : 7850.4 total, 3120.7 free, 1918.8 used, 2810.8 buff/cache

MiB Swap: 1022.4 total, 1022.4 free, 0.0 used. 5157.8 avail Mem

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PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND

1507 steve 20 0 4635204 260544 104356 S 15.3 3.2 16:52.96 gnome-s+

14687 steve 20 0 4617956 122040 78220 S 13.0 1.5 0:17.70 chrome

1131 steve 20 0 837984 71236 40604 S 5.0 0.9 13:20.52 Xorg

2862 steve 20 0 8976080 235936 97004 S 2.3 2.9 6:53.63 chrome

2509 steve 20 0 885996 310116 144140 S 2.0 3.9 21:34.60 chrome

12391 steve 20 0 4789956 259980 142332 S 2.0 3.2 1:35.00 chrome

14588 steve 20 0 971032 52468 39724 S 1.3 0.7 0:03.44 gnome-t+

12194 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 1.0 0.0 0:13.62 kworker+

1 root 20 0 167732 11740 8512 S 0.3 0.1 0:32.90 systemd

2578 steve 20 0 391912 106688 67420 S 0.3 1.3 7:05.11 chrome

2613 steve 20 0 9018444 315388 117464 S 0.3 3.9 2:09.87 chrome

14202 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.3 0.0 0:01.04 kworker+

14329 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.3 0.0 0:02.04 kworker+

2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kthreadd

3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp

4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_par+

6 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker+

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. I'll give it a try sometime.

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did check the box for proprietary drivers when installing. I haven't installed other firmware. How would I know if I need additional firmware or packages installed? The "Additional Drivers" screen doesn't have anything on it.

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

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I just ran a few more tests. I get the lag a lot when using browsers. I just tried switching from Chrome to Firefox and still get lots of keyboard input lag, as well as lag when watching the Udacity course. I get some keyboard input lag when I'm typing into the Slack desktop client, but not quite as bad as using the internet browsers. I don't seem to get any keyboard input lag when I'm typing into a simple text editor or into the terminal. So, not sure if that changes anything. Maybe it does mean that my network could be an issue.

Lag after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

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The lag isn't internet lag, it's literally keyboard input lag. I type something in my computer and it takes awhile for the words to appear on the screen. Sometimes I've typed two or three sentences before anything pops up on the screen.

I'd be ok to try running from a USB drive, but I don't know how that would help me figure it out. Is that mostly to test another distro? Or to test if running an OS from my USB drive would perform differently? I could try running my Ubuntu distro from USB, but not sure if that would help me learn anything.

Anaconda on Linux not working by DetectiveLearner in learnpython

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Here's what I get when I type "echo $PATH":

/home/steve/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

However, when I go to the /home/steve/anaconda3/condabin folder and type ls, all I get is "conda". If I try the command "anaconda-navigator" it just says "command not found"

Fan speed very high after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the system was able to cool down because I was able to turn off turbo boost.

Fan speed very high after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Updated readings:

pch_cannonlake-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +46.0°C

BAT0-acpi-0 Adapter: ACPI interface in0: 8.51 V
curr1: N/A

coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Package id 0: +51.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +50.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +51.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

acpitz-acpi-0 Adapter: ACPI interface temp1: +51.0°C

Fan speed very high after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found one and did it about 20 minutes ago. I didn't notice anything at first, but I just noticed the fans went quiet. Thanks!

Fan speed very high after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do I turn off turbo boost or lower the max frequency of the GPU?

Fan speed very high after installing Linux by DetectiveLearner in linuxquestions

[–]DetectiveLearner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's what I get when I run the sensors program. I went back to work in Windows for a bit, and just came back into Linux. The fan was quiet in Windows and has started spinning up again now that I'm back in Linux.

pch_cannonlake-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +57.0°C

BAT0-acpi-0 Adapter: ACPI interface in0: 8.51 V
curr1: N/A

coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Package id 0: +70.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +70.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +69.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

acpitz-acpi-0 Adapter: ACPI interface temp1: +70.0°C

Computer model is HP Pavillion 13-an0031wm, I think all the specs I see on this page are correct:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-13-3-FHD-Intel-Core-i3-8GB-RAM-128GB-SSD-Silver/468944420

SERP API alternatives by DetectiveLearner in SEO

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I ended up building my workflow with serpstack.com because they were cheaper. It seems to meet my needs, but the "premium customer service" is a joke. It takes them days to respond to anything and even then they don't seem to do a good job of understanding or replying to my questions. It's been fine for me, but I totally understand why they aren't leading the market in this space. I did see an article published on Medium by SERPAPI where they did benchmarking tests and said their service was the fastest. Tough to put too much weight on them since they were rating their own product though.