03-07-2021, 09:40 PM
ok thanks for the info!
I've been using Mint 19 XFCE and I hate it!
When it updated to 19.3 then I started having issues. It was always getting laggy, everything opened slow . . . sometimes it wouldn't shut down and I'd get a Kernel Panic!
I tried all kinds of stuff like clearing the cache, using older kernels, installing lightweight everything like file browsers, internet browsers, changing the desktop thing to compton...etc.
Nothing really seemed to work. The last thing I tried was LXDE. It was the slickest thing ever on my laptop . . . for awhile.
I'm putting MINT MATE on because that is what I used before and never had issues. DOn't know if that will work, but if not, then regular Ubuntu. I am not a Linux expert, and I doubt I ever will be. I just wish that my computer would work like it used to. Somehow, sometime around the update to 19.3 the system started to get worse.
One thing that bothers me is that at least once a month I am getting a Kernel update. This never used to happen. Then I noticed soon after every kernel update the system started to slow down. It has been driving me crazy. Right now I am backing up all my data and doing some dry-run tests with Mint mate and Ubuntu.
I figure for someone like me, a regular vanilla Ubuntu is the best thing, because there will always be people that can help me with problems that always come up.
I've been using Mint 19 XFCE and I hate it!
When it updated to 19.3 then I started having issues. It was always getting laggy, everything opened slow . . . sometimes it wouldn't shut down and I'd get a Kernel Panic!
I tried all kinds of stuff like clearing the cache, using older kernels, installing lightweight everything like file browsers, internet browsers, changing the desktop thing to compton...etc.
Nothing really seemed to work. The last thing I tried was LXDE. It was the slickest thing ever on my laptop . . . for awhile.
I'm putting MINT MATE on because that is what I used before and never had issues. DOn't know if that will work, but if not, then regular Ubuntu. I am not a Linux expert, and I doubt I ever will be. I just wish that my computer would work like it used to. Somehow, sometime around the update to 19.3 the system started to get worse.
One thing that bothers me is that at least once a month I am getting a Kernel update. This never used to happen. Then I noticed soon after every kernel update the system started to slow down. It has been driving me crazy. Right now I am backing up all my data and doing some dry-run tests with Mint mate and Ubuntu.
I figure for someone like me, a regular vanilla Ubuntu is the best thing, because there will always be people that can help me with problems that always come up.