I need help for a driver, more specifically for an intel pentium g630.
#My linux mint slow
west tartan
I have everything updated, I spent 2 hours looking for everything and ordering everything, but when using linux mint, it is a little slow just for that driver, is there any solution?
@grave pelican
I've been looking in forums and pages but I don't see a solution or I don't read well.
grave pelican
can you send system specs? I think you can fetch them from the mint settings
west tartan
ok, i must say that i have the linux in dual boot with windows 8.1
west tartan
can you send system specs? I think you can fetch them from the mint settings
I show you the specifications from windows? from the control panel?
native ferry
I show you the specifications from windows? from the control panel?
dxdiag from run prompy
in windows
or better:
inxi -Fxxxz from linux terminal
west tartan
dxdiag from run prompy
I hope this helps, I speak Spanish so it is in that language.
west tartan
`inxi -Fxxxz` from linux terminal
that command is in linux right?
grave pelican
what kind of slowdowns are you experiencing? Linux is what you call a monolithic kernel, you don't need to install any drivers, all drivers are included in the kernel, and should be detected automatically according to your hardware.
native ferry
biggest limiting factor would be old hard drive and only 2GB RAM. Mint XFCE or MX Linux would run better
west tartan
biggest limiting factor would be old hard drive and only 2GB RAM. Mint XFCE or...
which is better for my pc, xfce or mx?
do not take that into account the truth
grave pelican
I would try out Linux Mint XFCE first
west tartan
what kind of slowdowns are you experiencing? Linux is what you call a monolithic...
I feel the same stuttering when I don't download the driver for the G630 CPU when I'm on Windows. When a video loads, the bar is slow, just like when I drag a window, and it's slow in general. But as the colleague here said, maybe it's the version of Linux Mint that I have.
native ferry
I think MX running debizn and sysV init would run slightly faster than mint xfce running systemd and 'buntu core
grave pelican
I feel the same stuttering when I don't download the driver for the G630 CPU whe...
that sounds like a codec issue
perhaps you have cpu encode instead of hardware encode
I would enable hardware acceleration in firefox settings
west tartan
perhaps you have cpu encode instead of hardware encode
the problem is not the sound, my headphones and speakers work perfectly.
maybe the solution is to install the version of linux mint that the colleague said
west tartan
I think MX running debizn and sysV init would run slightly faster than mint xfce...
is mx the most optimized version possible ? or should I try xfce ?
grave pelican
no no, I'm not talking about sound. Video needs codecs too, most videos use an H264 codec these days. It can either be decoded by cpu (slow), or with hardware accelerators (fast)
native ferry
maybe the solution is to install the version of linux mint that the colleague sa...
it has a bit simpler installer than MX. make sure to turn off Fast Startup in Win 8
west tartan
no no, I'm not talking about sound. Video needs codecs too, most videos use an H...
I had seen an option for that when I installed linux mint and selected it, something about upgrading.
native ferry
that's just proprietary codecs
and possibly nvidia proprietary drivers if that applies
native ferry
that command is in linux right?
yes, show all
west tartan
then do you recommend me to install the MX version of linux mint to see
grave pelican
sure, but it won't fix the codec issue
west tartan
I have installed several linux distributions in the past and the same thing happened to me, slowed down and even with everything updated.
native ferry
mx is a separate distro using xfce environment
native ferry
it has a bit simpler installer than MX. make sure to turn off Fast Startup in Wi...
do this disable, then play around
west tartan
sure, but it won't fix the codec issue
the codec thing is new to me, I didn't know that, how do I fix it, sorry if I'm not understanding you, I'm new to this.
grave pelican
You can try this in firefox
west tartan
You can try this in firefox
right now I'm on windows 8, is that to use the browser better or does it have something to do with the pc as well?
grave pelican
it has to do with codecs
instead of using cpu processing for decoding, it will use dedicated hardware accelerators that are a lot more efficient
it's often the gpu that takes care of that
but some cpus have integrated graphics
west tartan
by the way, what other distro do you recommend for my pc, I don't know if you both have seen the specs
I was listening to zorin os, but I saw a comparison but it consumes more than linux mint.
grave pelican
yeah, not recommended. Stick with the two recommendations given here
you can also try something lower-level, like a WM
like debian+sway
that's more involved though
not beginner-friendly
west tartan
yes i see that, and ubuntu based distros other than linux mint?
native ferry
yes i see that, and ubuntu based distros other than linux mint?
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