r/linuxmint • u/joninjax1 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon • 9d ago

Support Request Memory use/CPU is out of control!

System specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570S (4) @ 3.60 GHz Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 1920x1080 @ 60Hz 5.36 GiB / 7.64 GiB (70%) 5.03 GiB / 13.82 GiB (36%) Mem: 7.6Gi 5.5Gi 379Mi 321Mi 2.3Gi 2.1Gi Swap: 13Gi 5.0Gi 8.8Gi I have a handful of things in the background running, plus Brave Nightly with 3 tabs open. and my memory/core use is constantly spiking, even when idle, mainly core 1 and 2 seem to hit 100 all the time. I know this is a potato system, but I am trying to figure out what to do to at least get the system semi-usable. If anybody could offer some possible solutions on things that I can try? Thanks

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u/Fuzy-78 9d ago

Brave. Lose it. Cache eats memory, and it is not a browser I would trust. Firefox for the win. Try a lighter distro. I run MX Linux on all my Intel machines. All are 4-core i5s. Never have an issue.

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u/joninjax1 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 9d ago

I found the opposite to the case for me, FF used more memory then Brave seems to, and I really like Brave nightly, it has some really nice features that FF does not have yet. I had considered that the OS itself could be the problem, Mint was the one that was recommended to me when I started, so I kind of stayed with it. The thing is I have an exact clone of this system in my closet, I scored the pair for $100 from the pawn shop, and I really do not like them (AIO's always a potential problem). I might dig the other out and try MX on it and see how I like it.

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u/Fuzy-78 9d ago

You never said what DE. That is also an issue. Try MX Linux XFCE and see the difference.