Linux/Terminal running slow

tapachir

Hey guys, 

I just started to work for a new company with my own laptop. It's a Lenovo u430p,  4210U 1,70 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD.

I'm working with python and I need to use the terminal a lot. First I tried to use a Linux Subsystem while still using windows. After this was super laggy and needed long time for simple  things I decided to switch completly to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 and started working with it again. Somehow is the whole OS kinda slow and the terminal is laggy and slow again. I have no idea whats wrong. Collegues with less "powerful" computers dont have any trouble. 

Any help ?

Thanks, Nisam

soheil.linux

First, run this command :

sudo apt-get install htop iotop
Start a terminal, in it run htop
Start another terminal, in it run iotop
Start another terminal, it it run tail -f /var/log/kern.log
Wait until the lag occurs, then look at your three terminals :

The first one will tell you if a process is hogging the processor
The second one will tell you if your hard disk is being thrashed by a process.
The third one will tell you if an event has occurred regarding your hardware.