I've just installed Mint 21.2 on an old laptop (specs below). The Mint performance seems very sluggish, no better than the windows installation it replaced. Would I get better performance installing a version of Mint developed when the laptop hardware was less obsolete? If so, which version should I target? Thanks for any assistance.
Mint was installed as a clean overwrite of the existing windows disk.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-82-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6430 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0H3MT5 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A16
date: 08/19/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 4.4 Wh (95.7%) condition: 4.6/62.2 Wh (7.3%) volts: 11.8 min: 11.1
model: Sanyo DELL 2VYF51C serial: <filter> status: Charging
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache:
L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1395 high: 1396 min/max: 1200/3300 cores: 1: 1395 2: 1396 3: 1396 4: 1396
bogomips: 20733
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, LVDS-2, VGA-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: Microdia Dell Integrated HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.5:3
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: BOE Display res: 1366x768 dpi: 112 diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-82-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: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v:
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 13.39 GiB (5.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LCM-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 233.18 GiB used: 13.39 GiB (5.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Device-1: 1-1.5:3 info: Microdia Dell Integrated HD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Maxxter Wireless Optical Mouse ACT-MUSW-002 type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 47.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: nouveau temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: 2170 apt: 2163 flatpak: 7
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com victoria main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 260 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.37 GiB (17.9%) Init: systemd v: 249
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13
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Mint was installed as a clean overwrite of the existing windows disk.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-82-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6430 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0H3MT5 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A16
date: 08/19/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 4.4 Wh (95.7%) condition: 4.6/62.2 Wh (7.3%) volts: 11.8 min: 11.1
model: Sanyo DELL 2VYF51C serial: <filter> status: Charging
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache:
L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1395 high: 1396 min/max: 1200/3300 cores: 1: 1395 2: 1396 3: 1396 4: 1396
bogomips: 20733
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, LVDS-2, VGA-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Device-3: Microdia Dell Integrated HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.5:3
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: BOE Display res: 1366x768 dpi: 112 diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-82-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: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v:
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 13.39 GiB (5.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LCM-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 233.18 GiB used: 13.39 GiB (5.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Device-1: 1-1.5:3 info: Microdia Dell Integrated HD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Maxxter Wireless Optical Mouse ACT-MUSW-002 type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 47.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: nouveau temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: 2170 apt: 2163 flatpak: 7
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com victoria main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 260 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.37 GiB (17.9%) Init: systemd v: 249
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13
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