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Zorin Core 12.3 too slow in this machine

pcfan5

Fri May 18, 2018 2:24:54 pm

Hello guys, I am workin in the tranlation of the spanish manual and decide to install Zorin Core in my computer , to avoid the troubles that virtual box were giving me, however Zorin takes a lot of time to boot up and to shut dow. It also freezes (compeling to manualy reboot) when I tried to play a CD (this might be an issue regarding my CD/DVD device) but the system gets totaly stucked.

I am wondering if my compter is too old for Zorin Core?

this is my Desktop computer
Code:
CPU~Dual core Pentium E5300 (-MCP-) speed/max~1699/2603 MHz Kernel~4.13.0-41-generic x86_64 Up~27 min Mem~1085.8/3936.0MB HDD~570.1GB(37.2% used) Procs~188 Client~Shell inxi~2.2.35



this is the disk partition

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and this is the things I unchecked from the "starting applications" (have read before some post in this forum, specialy "Wolf" usser sugestions)

inicio1.png

inicio2.png

inicio3.png

Swarfendor437

Fri May 18, 2018 7:37:25 pm

Looking at the spec it should handle it - I am unclear on your partitions - partly because my Spanish is non existent. ;)

pcfan5

Sat May 19, 2018 2:01:52 am

Swarfendor437 wrote:Looking at the spec it should handle it - I am unclear on your partitions - partly because my Spanish is non existent. ;)


I am so sorry I didn't translate my partitions

"sistema de archivos " is "system files"

31 GB is "/"

235 GB is monted as "/home"

"area de intercambio " is "swap" 4 gb

1MB left at the beggining and at the end is for GPT purpose... However I am not sure if GPT is ok for my disk, my Bios is Bios (not UEFI)

Swarfendor437

Sat May 19, 2018 8:59:35 am

Hi, I would go with legacy boot. ;) :D

pcfan5

Sun May 20, 2018 3:45:01 am

Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi, I would go with legacy boot. ;) :D


Hi thank you for your replay!. Do I select legacy in Bios?, I am sorry I don't understand quite well what you mean.

Swarfendor437

Sun May 20, 2018 3:44:56 pm

If there is no EFI or UEFI (Secure Boot) option in the BIOS you have a 'legacy' BIOS by default - use 'mbr'. ;) :D

pcfan5

Mon May 21, 2018 2:07:58 am

thanks ! I will do so, I was just reading about its differences. I am about to reinstall Zorin Lite, so I won't be able to say if this issue gets solved, since it is related to Core. ;)

Off topic:
I was reading about the way GPT saves information here , this is in spanish but I will translate: https://www.softzone.es/2016/03/25/mbr- ... es-discos/

"GPT creates several redundant copies a long the hard disk so in case of failure, problem or error, the partition table can be recovered from automatically from any of those copies"