Ubuntu is so slow

[Rich Rudnick]

OOzy Pal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My box started to be very slow. When I click on an icon, it take about
> 45 seconds for program to show up on the screen. My hard drive blinks
> every once and awhile during the 45s not steady blinking or on.
> 
> Any help?
> 

Another suggestion, if the symptoms are: programs take forever to open,
but run normally when open.

This usually happens when there's a problem with the hostname.

1. cat /etc/hostname , make sure it's the hostname you want
2. cat /etc/hosts, there should be a line with 127.0.1.1 <hostname>
   where hostname is the same as what's in hostname /etc/hostname.
3. type   hostname   in a terminal, it should match the previous two.

hostname should be a single word, like mybox , with no domain.

If the three things above are not the same hostname, edit /etc/hostname
and /etc/hosts to match as described above, then run sudo hostname
<hostname> . Should set you straight.