Computer became slower/Google Earth worked, now doesn't

[tomopotamus]

Yesterday, I install Kubuntu 9.04 on my system. Everything was, for the most part working fine. Today, I've noticed that things are running a little bit slower than yesterday. Is there something that could be "gumming" up the system? Or is this more or less a normal occurance?

Also, when my computer had Windows on it, Google Earth worked fine. When I tried to use it on Kubuntu yesterday, it didn't want to do anything! It was like pulling teeth! Is there anything that I can do to rectify this, or could it be that the Linux version of the program just isn't compatible with my computer?

Thanks for your help!

[dibl]

Re: Computer became slower/Google Earth worked, now doesn't

There's not enough information here about your computer and other hardware to know how to answer -- except to note for the record "Linux is not Windows".

Could be you're not using the optimal video driver, could be your Internet service had a slowdown today ....

There is a link in my signature to a lot of FAQs about Kubuntu, including the very important #9 concerning how to get your multimedia stuff running well. You might want to review that, and if there are still problems, give us some specifics.

[tomopotamus]

Re: Computer became slower/Google Earth worked, now doesn't

There's not enough information here about your computer and other hardware to know how to answer -- except to note for the record "Linux is not Windows".

I'm well aware that Linux isn't Windows. On my old computer I ran Ubuntu and Kubuntu at different times. I compared my current state to Windows so it would be known that everything did work well before.

There is a link in my signature to a lot of FAQs about Kubuntu, including the very import #9 concerning how to get your multimedia stuff running well. You might want to review that, and if there are still problems, give us some specifics.

Thanks, I'll check that out.