for ex.
here is a load avg, after i clicked on a link from an email.
but it did recover quickly..
sometimes it doesnt.. as i was mentioning.
top - 23:39:20 up 8:10, 1 user, load average: 4.33, 1.71, 0.93
Tasks: 321 total, 4 running, 315 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie
%Cpu(s): 47.8 us, 34.8 sy, 0.0 ni, 17.4 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
MiB Mem : 7818.2 total, 2558.3 free, 3833.4 used, 2179.4 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 2048.0 total, 1971.2 free, 76.8 used. 3984.8 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
65806 user+ 20 0 3378892 556080 212020 R 136.4 6.9 0:36.52 firefox+
67079 user+ 20 0 2416428 48012 35292 R 81.8 0.6 0:00.11 Isolate+
67085 user+ 20 0 2407500 37632 27520 R 72.7 0.5 0:00.08 Web Con+
66835 user+ 20 0 2419940 76368 62208 S 18.2 1.0 0:00.17 Isolate+
66839 user+ 20 0 2434996 84004 67324 S 18.2 1.0 0:00.19 Isolate+
1567 rtkit 21 1 22940 3200 3072 S 9.1 0.0 0:01.28 rtkit-d+
66032 user+ 20 0 2627800 227564 95228 S 9.1 2.8 0:07.77 Isolate+
66146 user+ 20 0 2482544 94984 62504 S 9.1 1.2 0:02.40 Isolate+
66696 user+ 20 0 2427232 84892 67600 S 9.1 1.1 0:00.25 Isolate+
66853 user+ 20 0 2428428 75824 61924 S 9.1 0.9 0:00.17 Isolate+
66874 user+ 20 0 2426080 81764 64256 S 9.1 1.0 0:00.21 Isolate+
66898 user+ 20 0 2429856 77884 63484 S 9.1 1.0 0:00.19 Isolate+
66983 user+ 20 0 2432928 85000 68352 S 9.1 1.1 0:00.19 Isolate+
67077 root 20 0 14500 5504 3456 R 9.1 0.1 0:00.02 top
1 root 20 0 22752 13524 9428 S 0.0 0.2 0:04.28 systemd
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.08 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pool_wo+
4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker+
WTF??? That's a relative beast. I'm posting from my work PC: Dell Inspiron 3558
Specs:
500GB Hdd --> Upgraded to 128GB SSD (SATA, had to keep the M.2 for my WiFi adaptor)
Intel i5-5200U (2 cores, 4 threads)
1x4GB Memory --> Upgraded to 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 (dunno what clock it's running at though, probs 1033/1333)
OS: Debian 12 with XFCE4
Average daily use:
Workspace #1: MS Edge: 1 Tab for Outlook (permanent) and 1 tab on/off for Excel/SP
Workspace #2: LibreOffice with a ~1.5MB xlsx database
Workspace #3: Firefox with 1 - 6 tabs open
Misc: 2-3 instances of Thunar, Whatsdesk, Megasync.
Sometimes I have 2 open Excel sheets. Sometimes I open Brave, too, and visit this forum when I should be working, lol.
Max RAM use ~75%
Max CPU: ~40% (mostly idles at like 10% or less)
And I get by. LO is a bit laggy, though this machine actually opens files at the same speed as my main PC (specs in sig), the only issue being editing.
So, definitely you have a solid machine. Just throw in an SSD and run something lighter than, say, Ubuntu + KDE Plasma with all the effects, and you'll be fine. I'd recommend Debian + XFCE4, but you can go even lighter, but you don't have to.
i already have an ssd in.
its always FF that does it..
idk if theres anything with FF that i can do..