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userdesignernoob

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Help

Hello, am still new to xfce. I want to customize linux mint xfce but I dont understand something and am in lenovo laptop 4gb ram so when I apply anything new it terribly lags so can you help me to customize it but in lightweight way. Thank you!

mint4all

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Re: Help

Hello, am still new to xfce. I want to customize linux mint xfce but I dont understand something and am in lenovo laptop 4gb ram so when I apply anything new it terribly lags so can you help me to customize it but in lightweight way. Thank you!

Hello and welcome!

I have 2 Lenovo Yoga i16 laptops (ca. 2022 built) that run Mint 21.3 and 22.0 with no problem. Therefore, I need to know more about your system. So please run the command

inxi -Fxzi

in the terminal and then copy-and-paste the output in your reply. Have you run Mint's "System Report" app? It does a decent job checking that everything is properly setup.

Thanks. Cheers, m4a

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userdesignernoob

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Re: Help

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-126-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
    Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80T7 v: Lenovo ideapad 110-15IBR
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 00RD15IPG076 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: 1GCN19WW date: 10/03/2016
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.5 Wh (54.5%) condition: 15.6/22.6 Wh (69.0%)
    volts: 10.6 min: 10.8 model: SANYO L15S3A02 status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N3060 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Airmont
    rev: 4 cache: L1: 112 KiB L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 542 high: 604 min/max: 480/2480 cores: 1: 604 2: 480
    bogomips: 6400
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx
    Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Acer EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:4
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 400 (BSW)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series
    High Definition Audio
    vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-126-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lenovo driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
    driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:3
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 27.88 GiB (6.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPCX-24VHAT0
    size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.89 GiB used: 27.87 GiB (6.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.87 GiB used: 5.5 MiB (0.3%)
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 237 Uptime: 34m Memory: 3.73 GiB used: 3.26 GiB (87.3%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 Packages: 3188 Shell: fish
  v: 3.7.1 inxi: 3.3.13

mint4all

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Re: Help

Thanks a lot ... Nothing terribly wrong afaict. With all due respect, keep in mind that your system is a bit "underpowered" by today's standard (see discussion @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Cel … 390.0.html ). Therefore I'll proceed from that, and just touch on some basics...

1) do you really need the /dev/zram0 device? It hogs 2GB of RAM which the kernel would otherwise use & optimize for its own caching algos.

2) your system runs too hot, at 44C, especially with a Celeron chip. Is it possible that you have dust buildups impairing the fan(s)? also, a failing HDD drives up CPU load with retry-overhead.

3) your battery is weak @ 10.6V (min 10.8V) and half charged, too. Time to replace, or run mostly with the charger connected? is the charger working ok?

4) 237 processes running on 2GB of usable RAM -- a very large workload for this low-end CPU, imho. I would suggest to eleminate as many processes from autostarting as possible, then reboot and re-calibrate process stats and memory usage.

5) Kernel 5.15 did run on my two YOGAs, but not well. I upgraded to the 6.18 kernel where everhthing "snapped" in place. Perhaos try that for a look-see?

6) WD5000 laptop drives had stability issues. I'd take a peek using the "Disks" app Mint installs and look around the  drive's SMART statistics to spot any early-warning stats.

These are just some early thoughts, before I get into specific tweaks regarding XFCE.

Cheers, m4a

Last edited by mint4all (2024-12-05 14:34:57)

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userdesignernoob

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Re: Help

With all of my respect, I dont understand something 

Added later 01 min 08 s:
i dont understand what is  /dev/zram0 device

mint4all

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Re: Help

With all of my respect, I dont understand something 

Added later 01 min 08 s:
i dont understand what is  /dev/zram0 device

Please, accept my apology for being so cryptic. My comment was referring to the section titled "Swap" in your system report. This device (labeled "ID-2", also known as an in-memory or virtual disk) is not normally installed/configured on a typical Linux-Mint system. The 2 YOGA systems I am working with, running LM 21.3 with XFCE 4.18, do not have it setup.

What process would have installed/configured it? Your hard disk has plenty of room, and your your on-disk swapfile (labeled "ID-1") is not being used at all. In my humble opinion, there is no need for this virtual disk; it would only put extra input/output workload on your CPU which is normally offloaded to and performed by the hard disk's controller.Hope this helps.

Cheers, m4a

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userdesignernoob

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Re: Help

I have nothing installed ot configured somthing

mint4all

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Re: Help

I have nothing installed ot configured somthing

Understood .... I am pretty sure that your lenovo ideapad did not ship with Lunix. Please explain how Mint 21.3 was installed. In my experience, XFCE does not noticeably slow down when being "customized". So, please talk about the kind of customization(s) you're attemting to apply which -- according to your original post -- slow down your system. Thanks.

Me4

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userdesignernoob

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Re: Help

well i want to customize the panel, i dont mean the basic way which ischnaging color and size.