Which Directory Service do you use for your network?
None NIS LDAP LDAP + Kerberos Samba Active Directory eDirectory other ( 433 votes ~ 8 comments )
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#1 Re: Getting my computer back - or - where's the processing power? Posted by Steve (82.41.xx.xx) on Tue 27 Dec 2005 at 15:24 I think that rather than focussing upon making the existing programs faster, which in the general case isn't going to work, your best option is to find out what is hogging the system. For that you have a lot of tools available. To see what is running and taking most CPU time you can use the standard top command, and there are many other related programs you can use to check on things such as disk throughput, network usage, etc. I'd suggest starting with top, looking at your system logs, and investigating the sysstat package initially. Your system logfiles might also be worth reading. Failing that you might be able to see what you installed or upgraded most recently by looking at the output of "ls -ltr /var/cache/apt/archives". Definitely an interesting question, especially in the abstract manner you've posed it. Of course that makes it hard to give anything other than "You could try ... xxx" answers! Steve
I think that rather than focussing upon making the existing programs faster, which in the general case isn't going to work, your best option is to find out what is hogging the system.
For that you have a lot of tools available. To see what is running and taking most CPU time you can use the standard top command, and there are many other related programs you can use to check on things such as disk throughput, network usage, etc.
I'd suggest starting with top, looking at your system logs, and investigating the sysstat package initially.
Your system logfiles might also be worth reading.
Failing that you might be able to see what you installed or upgraded most recently by looking at the output of "ls -ltr /var/cache/apt/archives".
Definitely an interesting question, especially in the abstract manner you've posed it. Of course that makes it hard to give anything other than "You could try ... xxx" answers!
Steve
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