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koneill · 02-17-2019, 09:39 AM

I'm using Calibre on two computers, both recently updated from beleagured Windows to the freedom of Linux Mint. One is a 12 year old Dell, 32 bit, 1.8 GHz processor, 3 gigs of memory, Mint 17.30. Can't believe how revitalized that computer became. No problems with Calibre.

Second machine is a six year old ZT systems, 64 bit processor in the 3+ Ghz speed range, 16 gigs of memory. After maybe a dozen Edit Metadata, it slows to a snail's pace for saving updates. I mean real slow. I suspect we have a Linux problem. After an hour of metadata edits last evening, reboot took just short of five full minutes, whereas normal is around 20 seconds.

I'm learning Linux (at 75!), loving the discovery proocess. What fine tuning do you suspect will remedy this annoyance. Calibre currently has about 1,985 entries maintained on both computers.

02-17-2019, 09:39 AM	#1
koneill Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2019 Device: linux mint 19.1 pc	Linux is slow using calibre I'm using Calibre on two computers, both recently updated from beleagured Windows to the freedom of Linux Mint. One is a 12 year old Dell, 32 bit, 1.8 GHz processor, 3 gigs of memory, Mint 17.30. Can't believe how revitalized that computer became. No problems with Calibre. Second machine is a six year old ZT systems, 64 bit processor in the 3+ Ghz speed range, 16 gigs of memory. After maybe a dozen Edit Metadata, it slows to a snail's pace for saving updates. I mean real slow. I suspect we have a Linux problem. After an hour of metadata edits last evening, reboot took just short of five full minutes, whereas normal is around 20 seconds. I'm learning Linux (at 75!), loving the discovery proocess. What fine tuning do you suspect will remedy this annoyance. Calibre currently has about 1,985 entries maintained on both computers.