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How can I Lower Processor use?

woofdang

Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:21:56 am

I've just installed Zorin OS 8 and out of the box I notice it idles at around 50%-70% CPU use. How can I lower this? I'm on an AMD X2 Phenom 560 clocked at 3.8GHz using 3 Cores.

Perhaps I can stop the fancy animations and such?

Thanks!
- W

Wolfman

Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:30:58 am

Hi w,

what graphics card do you have?.

Update your system with this terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) command and see if that helps:

Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -f


Restart and let us know if it helps. :D

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Swarfendor437

Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:45:24 am

Hi, You may also want to add this to your AWN Panel:

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Right-click the panel at the bottom of your screen where there are no icons and select 'Dock Preferences' - then go to 'Applets' tab and select 'CPU Frequency Monitor' - drag the icon to the bottom panel in 'Applets' where you want it to appear - if you just click on the down arrow to add it it places it far right where you may not want it! :D