I am not here to bitch about anything, I just want to be a member of beautiful linux community but unfortunately I had a bad experience twice.I first used Linux for a week in bachelors I had some problems which are the same ones that happened when I tried this time. Please explain if I was wrong anywhere?
I used Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu LX they all happen to have one problem in common for me.They all booted up really nice, but after 30 minutes of average use (browsing with 2-3 tabs-mostly google,netflix,wikipedia) the pc freezes and then only possible way to get out was to remove the battery or force restart
Laptop config:
Swapping memory to ubuntu was 2.5GB..I later on set swapiness to 20 when someone said it would be faster
Alongside Windows 10 Dual Boot. Windows works good as expected.
Ubuntu works well but then that sudden freezes happen to be at anytime and unexpected. I felt bad that I had to leave Linux because I don't want to support paid software.
Things you should know- I made ubuntu install the drivers for me.Videos played well no vsync problems. I used minimum startups. and the freezes according to me tend to happen when I leave laptop for sometime alone.When i re-used it , it usually freezes at the same spot. If any other info I can provide please let me know. I would still love to re-use ubuntu if this problem is solved. I don't care if its slow I just want it working! Linux is a good thing!
Nothing worked so I came back to Windows.If Any elder takes his time ,I would really appreciate that. Thanks
111 Answer
A couple of suggestions,
a) Playing around with settings without a reason will cause more problems. Reset swappiness to 60, the default for a desktop system.
b) Don't take hearsay as evidence of anything.
c) You need to gather system information to do a proper diagnosis.
I'm using because it records history of various processes and gives charts to do a visual inspection of whats going on.
On my desktops I also use , again for a visiual representation of whats going on.
The system activity reporting tool sar is a more standard tool you could look into using.
It does sound like you have a hardware issue or a serious misconfiguration, these tools should help you identify the problem by gathering data you can see.
-- hope this helps
