Strange slow down of my system

[Philippe Landau]

>>then click on cpu column, is there a process using much cpu ?
>>in resource monitor, is cpu at 100 ?
> Yes, there's something called famd that uses %80 of the CPU. Any ideas?
http://www.google.com/linux?q=famd
famd is monitoring changes to directories.

> Could it be because of Samba? I've just installed it on my system
> cause I want my Windows laptop be able to share files with my Linux
> PC.
that is probable, but i don't know Samba. can you disable it ?

> BTW - Is there a way I can start/stop processes graphically in Ubuntu?
you can end or kill processes in system monitor, yes.
just right-click on them and choose.

kind regards     philippe