Solved REALLY, REALLY Slow start up. What to do???

[Sherri is a Cat]

Consolidated and updated issues Here

PRIOR TO Linux....

• I would run a system cleaner (CCleaner) to remove all the cookies in persistent storage, browsing history... Even though Firefox is supposed to delete everything when I close the browser that doesn't actually happen.
• Force-stop unnecessary processes and apps running in the back ground.
• Clean up registry errors, disk defrag and clean up.
• Set delays of some apps on start up so things won't get so slow

I haven't been using Linux long enough, to know how to do these things or which are actually something to be concerned about.

• I use Flatsweep, but it doesn't seem to be helping speed things up.
• I don't know how to find out what programs are running but shouldn't be or how to force them to stop.
  • I'm particularly suspicious of Zoom! I don't have a choice in the matter.

So here are my questions

1. What can I use to clean up my system more thoroughly?
2. How can I see what processes are running? (In that other OS it was called 'Task Manager')
3. How can I keep certain apps from running on startup?
4. How can I force them to stop?
5. What else might be causing slow start up?

I'm experiencing a couple of other issues but this seems to be the best one to start with.

Sneak preview of future threads!

1. Put Zoom in a VM
   1. It's a resource hog!
2. What is going on with my network settings when I use my VPN??

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

If ANYONE suggests an SSD....

Yeah, I'm lookin' at you @Condobloke and @bob466 !!!

 

[Mike-BTU]

If ANYONE suggests an SSD....

Yeah, I'm lookin' at you @Condobloke and @bob466 !!!

Best thing that ever happened to our computers! The increase in boot time and speed has to be experienced to fully understand.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Okay, this JUST happened and maybe it's related. IDK

FYI. I have not made any changes in Firefox settings

I was browsing this site, read the thread with the April Fools joke about flatpaks and snaps, opened the link in a second tab to read the article on ItsFoss.

I opened Gmail a new window. When I clicked sign in, a second tab opened with the exact same page. I could only see it as a preview, I couldn't switch tabs. I went back to the window with this site open and the FOSS April Fools article. I landed on a new tab. Again I couldn't switch between tabs.

I closed Firefox and tried again. Any bookmark I clicked on opened in another tab that I couldn't switch to.

I closed everything and rebooted my system. After waiting a painfully long time for things to get going I came back here. Everything seems okay for now, but I don't feel comfortable.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Best thing that ever happened to our computers! The increase in boot time and speed has to be experienced to fully understand.

I have one in my laptop. I'm not impressed. Sorry!

 

[Condobloke]

What's wrong with an ssd !!.... explore other things first...

The weird stuff you described just now...^^^.....I have zero clue
Were/are you connected to the vpn while doing that?
Are you consistently connected to the vpn ?...as in the whole time ?
If you are connected constantly....which country is it connecting to ?

 

[wizardfromoz]

....or which are actually something to be concerned about.

For the most part unnecessary, Linux does a pretty good job of cleaning up for itself.

Fragmentation, if any, is minimal. There is no real parallel to the Windows Registry.

Firefox issues I will leave to someone else, likewise VPNs.

Don't use Bleachbit for cleanup. For every 50 people who advocate it, 50 more experience difficulties/adverse results. We don't want you to be in the latter category.

I'll take a look around for a reliable cleanup utility, don't wait for me, before considering the advice of an experienced user.

Wiz.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Were/are you connected to the vpn while doing that?
Are you consistently connected to the vpn ?...as in the whole time ?
If you are connected constantly....which country is it connecting to ?

I haven't been using my VPN. It seems like I should start with the slow start up issues. The VPN problem could be a symptom of those issues, maybe.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Don't use Bleachbit for cleanup. For every 50 people who advocate it, 50 more experience difficulties/adverse results.

We don't want you to be in the latter category.

Already happened last year! Thanks to TimeShift it wasn't a problem !

 

[Condobloke]

Startup Applications ....type that into the menu, and click on it

the below is my startup apps..etc

Go take a look

 

[Condobloke]

if you are unsure....ask

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

 

[Condobloke]

do you have a nvidia card?

 

[Condobloke]

turn mint welcome off

 

[Condobloke]

These will not be the major cause, but turn them off anyway

 

[Condobloke]

In terminal, copy and paste this in:

systemd-analyze blame | nc termbin.com 9999

...post the url it returns in your next reply

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I don't have an NVIDIA GPU anymore.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

https://termbin.com/bfqw

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

do you have a nvidia card?

Not anymore. I use to have one. I put a new one in before I had to move last year.

I don't the name off hand (Chemo brain fog! Yup, it's a real thing!) It's the other big name we here about all the time.

AMD?? I think that's it.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

New GPU that is.