Bad issues with system load on Mint Desktop


Hi!. Currently running Linux Mint 22.1, but i suspect it's not strictly a distro issue. This laptop was running VERY well but was outdated, running Mint 19.3, some things were unable to be installed because the system libraries were old (didn't expect Calibre to be one of them, figures), so i updated all the way to that moment's current version which was Mint 21.3. All of a sudden it felt like the laptop got downgraded two whole computer tech generations. As soon as i ask it to do something mildly complicated that made it break no sweat on Mint 19, it gets VERY slow, all the cores start running at max, system load increases, until it finishes doing whatever it was doing several minutes later, something between a couple of minutes when lucky, to 20 or more. Typically what triggers the issue is something on the browser (what i use the most on the computer is browser tabs and lots of terminals) but not exclusively. Thought it was the browser but replicated it on an empty Firefox profile, and has triggered with simpler stuff like the Discord client. Been trying to find the issue for a while trying to avoid a full reinstall, no luck so far.

If i were to describe how it feels, it's like there was a bottleneck on tasks being done by the system, as soon as you ask it to do something mildly complex it chokes on it and tasks accumulate. No idea if it's some kind of kernel misconfiguration, if it's some hardware incompatibility, or something else entirely, checking the changelogs of Mint all the way between 19.3 and 21.3 showed nothing i could pin this onto (or at least nothing i could notice).

The nuclear option would be a brand new blank install but I'd MUCH rather avoid that if possible, made the comfortable but now unwise choice of a single partition for everything (instead of a separate /home and whatnot as i used to do) so reinstallation would wipe it completely, if i must then i must but much rather not.

Would welcome VERY much ideas on stuff to check or try.

Edit: It's got an NVME drive, which seems to be healthy as far as i can see

Edit: When it happens it doesn't seem to matter how much RAM is free, seen it happen with only 8 of the 32Gb of RAM in use and zero swap

Edit: Found a great way to describe how it feels like: Have you done heavy video encoding on a computer that's adequate for the task but not more than that, and noticed how everything in it stalls heavily, even if there's plenty of RAM free and the computer feels like it's giving everything to that task only? Pretty much that, but for nearly everything even moderately heavy

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Given that as i mentioned elsewhere i did not separate the /home into it's own partition like I've been doing since the 90s, formatting this thing right now would likely lead to losing stuff, i need to organize the files first before i do the nuclear option: A full reformat/reinstall. If that makes no difference in the end, I'll have to consider the possibility of getting a new one. No idea how long will each step take so not the foggiest on when will i do each thing, and that's even without taking procrastination into consideration... 😅

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“'High-profile' Israeli military, intelligence sites hit by Iranian missiles: Report”

via The Cradle News Desk on Telegram

@palestine
@israel

“Israel’s Defense Ministry complex in Tel Aviv, known as the Kirya, was among the targets directly struck by ballistic missiles”

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Israël-Iran : les vraies raisons derrière le prétexte nucléaire


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Ce mardi 24 juin, Donald Trump a annoncé l’instauration d’un « cessez-le-feu » entre Israël et l’Iran, après 12 jours de guerre. Un geste bien fragile, tant les deux camps s’accusent l’un l’autre de continuer à mener des frappes en violation de ce dit accord. Des informations confirmées par le Président américain : « I don’ know what the fuck they’re doing », a-t-il déclaré ce mardi midi.

Dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, les Etats-Unis ont bombardé plusieurs sites nucléaires iraniens. Soit un acte de belligérance dans une guerre débutée par Israël de manière surprise, dans la nuit du 12 au 13 juin, par des bombardements multiples sur Téhéran et d’autres cibles alentours. Des manœuvres qui, faut-il seulement le rappeler, se sont déployées en dépit complet du droit international.

Les raisons du déclenchement de cette guerre sont floues. Le programme nucléaire iranien ? Loin d’être en mesure de mettre au point une bombe opérationnelle, selon plusieurs spécialistes. Alors quoi d’autres ? Notre invité, le politiste Bertrand Badie, formule des hypothèses. Cacher le génocide à Gaza ? Reconstituer une alliance fragilisée ? Souder les sociétés autour d’un nouvel ennemi juré ? Pourquoi choisir, quand, finalement, il est sans doute question de tout ça à la fois.

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The killing of Mohammad, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, who was shot dead by Israeli forces while seeking food aid in northern Gaza. The account comes from his uncle Mo, an NHS consultant surgeon who has worked in the UK for 20 years.

[…] People are completely desperate so they do risk their lives to go and get some food for their families, but then they die. He’s only a little story of thousands of other stories of people like that – just extermination.

theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes #IDF

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Atlanticism — not nationalism — is driving German rearmament


#geopolitics #war #submission

Germany rearming is a frightening prospect ; Germany rearming for all the wrong reasons, even more.

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Things that give me hope:

Abused and neglected animals can not only learn to trust again, but become outrageously goofy and loyal companions, just from a little love and compassion.

Abused and neglected humans can and often do this too, and choose to raise their offspring better than they were raised.

Add to the list anything that sparks hope and joy for you, no matter how small.

What the fuck is wrong with rich people that they act confused when regular people hate their ostentatious displays of wealth?

Like, I don't care whether Bezos's wedding is as "respectful" of Venice or not, and I don't think people protesting care either. It's not about the disruption—protests will cause more disruption—it's about the audacity of Bezos to think people wouldn't pelt him with rotten eggs if they got the chance.

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Interview with U.S. doctor on the ongoing Israeli massacres at "aid" sites in Gaza

Dr. Mark Brauner, a volunteer at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, "describes execution-style killings of Palestinians at food distribution sites &... the deaths of children suffering from malnutrition and starvation."

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Sputnik Announces Internship Program for International Radio Journalists en.sputniknews.africa/20250624…

uspol violence narrative

Of course fuck the Democrats/DNC but the thing that infuriates
me is my liberal friends fall for this. AND THEN YELL AT ME
for being too progressive.

And they are right back at it. Supporting and even worse FOLLOWING
the lead of the Dem/DNC BS machine.

I don't know the answers and I am always ready to be shown
I'm wrong, but one thing I strongly believe is:

Things don't change w/o friction.
Things don't change without getting in someone's way.
I think this is why there is all of this new "non violence" rhetoric.
When did that become a thing? I think it is just another way for
liberals to tell progressive or more left people they are "going too far".
Fuck that shit.

violence is another word for friction.

even MLK and Ghandi were "violent", it's just that they suffered the
violence. So this no violence feels like just a narrative to stifle change.
You can't make an ommellte w/o breaking some eggs or something like
that.

A world free of Big Tech. Can you imagine? 💭

Join us for a special event for the 20th anniversary of Open Rights Group 🎂

As well as being a renowned author, activist and journalist, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic was a founding member of ORG! He'll be talking to fellow writer and activist Maria Farrell about #SurveillanceCapitalism, the #enshittification of digital platforms and fighting #BigTech monopolies.

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Did Iran win the 12-day war? - UnHerd


#geopolitics #imperialism #Israel #war

The voters who watch Fox and lend unquestioning support to Israeli maximalism are old and getting older. Meanwhile, Republicans between the ages of 18 and 49 have registered the sharpest rise in “unfavorable views” toward Israel, jumping to 50% earlier this year, up from 35% in 2019, according to RealClear polling.


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in reply to Emmanuel Florac

@Emmanuel Florac They seem to have one the first battle. The US and Israel will not stop unless Iran or some other entities force their hands. The war on Iran is just another phase of the war on multi-polarity. The hegemonic empire must crush any competition. This is the same war against Russia, China and any and all rivals.

The west, namely the US calculates that if she can disrupt the government and people of Iran, she will expose the vulnerabilities of Russia. She may be right at that, so it is imperative that the target nations move in unison to counter her offensives.

The Illusion of Ceasefire: A Shift in the Balance of Power in West Asia journal-neo.su/2025/06/25/the-…

Introducing Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains!

Get ready for an exciting new (old?) way to address (small) web sites in 2026.

ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/

💕

(Thanks to @letsencrypt.)

#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #domainNames #IPAddresses #TLS #HTTPS #LetsEncrypt #web #decentralisation #SmallTech

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I like the idea, but how do we keep an IP going from provider to provider? IPs are even more fragile than domains and changing that fact seems near impossible.

Instead, couldn’t a trusted nonprofit (say @eff or ISRG) buy a gTLD from ICANN, become a registrar and rent out domains at (very close to) self-cost with no insane price hikes? Picture what ISRG did with @letsencrypt, but for domains.

Running costs for this would currently be a fixed fee of US$6,250 per calendar quarter and a transaction fee of US$0.25[1]. These costs could be split on all registrants.

Some would probably say that .org is the answer, but the PIR drama in 2020[2] shows how fragile this system is. We *need* a TLD that doesn’t need to be saved by the @eff from hostile takeovers.

Imagine: more registrants would mean lower prices. That’s far from how gTLDs function now. A sudden spike in interest could introduce a sudden price increase.

[1] newgtlds.icann.org/en/applican…

[2] eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/how-…

This was an idea of mine from 2023: merveilles.town/@mikael/110856…

@aral

in reply to mikael

@mikael @eff Migration can be built at the app layer (Kitten already supports it natively for all apps created with it). Both servers would have to be online for a period of time to allow people’s address books time to update.

I do like your non-commercial TLD idea too. Would love to see that and it would be a nice complementary tool. Could easily be done as an EU-funded project if the political will was there.

(Basically, that was/is what I was hacking at the second-level domain level using the Public Suffix List until this latest Let’s Encrypt development.)

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

Bread dough rising on the counter, warming from its night in the fridge. A few more minutes and I'll light the oven.

It all takes time.

More than time, it takes timing.

Doing the right thing at the right moment. Being able to recognize that the dough is ready for baking. Knowing how long it takes to bring the oven up to temp and starting it before I need it.

Acting in the right moment.

May you find all the right moments in your day #today

Heavy shelling and destruction of homes in Jabalia dailyyemen.net/2025/06/24/heav…

All the slaughters we read are part of retaliation against successful hits of #Palestinian #Resistance. But the Resistance hits soldiers not civilians and hospitals...

"Following the Israeli army’s release of an updated evacuation map that included Al-Shifa, several patients and wounded were moved out of the hospital’s wards. Surrounding areas were struck by Israeli missiles, triggering panic among displaced families, especially women and children.

Although the Israeli military had designated western Gaza City as a “safe zone,” it is now one of the most densely populated areas due to the influx of displaced residents.

Since Trump began his regional tour, Israeli attacks on #Gaza have escalated significantly. Dozens have been killed, including women, children, and at least one journalist. Strikes have also targeted two hospitals, six schools, and three shelters for displaced people—marking one of the deadliest escalations in recent weeks."
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Since dawn today, Israel has escalated its attacks across the Gaza Strip, deliberately targeting civilian gatherings and residential areas, committing horrific massacres against them.

According to medical sources, at least 110 Palestinians have been slaughtered and hundreds of other Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip within less than 24 hours.
t.me/QudsNen/164582
@palestine @israel #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState

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Over 100 Palestinians were slaughtered by Israel’s war machine across multiple sites in the #Gaza Strip, most while trying to receive humanitarian aid at GHF distribution points.
t.me/QudsNen/171706

More reports for slaughters of unarmed Palestinians around #Gaza strip. Probably these are retaliations for the successful and relentless attacks against #zionist SOLDIERS.
@palestine @israel
#IsraelTerroristState #warcrimes #IsraelWarCrimes #gazagenocide

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Trump’s proposed budget cuts slashed NASA’s funding by 47%, jeopardizing 19 critical joint projects with Europe. Meanwhile, China is racing to land on the Moon within five years and establish a base by the 2030s.

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#china #space #technology

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We called that "tribal knowledge" at my last job, and it was a huge problem.


Been horrifying teammates by referring to undocumented information that's held only in people's heads as "locked in meat storage".

Please use this with your teams/projects and report back on how they like it?


Iran's Acceptance of Trump's Ceasefire is 'MORONIC': Iranian Analyst Ehsan Safarnejad rachelblevins.substack.com/p/i…

The UK government acknowledged that China is a vital economic partner and an essential player in addressing global issues.

The UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, stated that freezing relations with China is not an option due to the country's significance as the third-largest trading partner and a source of international students for UK universities.

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#uk #china #geopolitics

OpenAI Charges by the Minute, So Make the Minutes Shorter

Link: george.mand.is/2025/06/openai-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

A group of 15 human rights and legal organisations has called for the suspension of aid operations by the GHF, warning that the initiative, backed by Israel and the United States, may be complicit in international crimes.

The organisations criticised the GHF for a lack of “transparency, impartiality, and accountability”, citing concerns over its opaque structure and the absence of publicly available operational plans.

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🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

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In Burkina Faso, thousands participated in the National Tree Day event on June 21, 2025, aiming to plant 5 million trees in one hour as part of an ambitious campaign against desertification.

The government, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, was joined by international organizations, ministries, and local communities to promote a "greener, healthier and more liveable Burkina Faso."

peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24…

#africa

The All-New Big Tech American School


#politics #education #society #GAFAM #lobotomy

Last week, we were sent a video of Emily Brownlee, a former high school teacher and mother of four, speaking before the Kansas State Department of Education. As a parent, teacher, and an Ambassador for ScreenStrong, Emily has deep firsthand insights into the impacts of digital technology on children’s health, well-being, and education.1

In just three minutes, she captured the educational damage that is happening in classrooms as digital technology takes over the school day.


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VU du 25/06/2025 : Milliardaires et médias en France


Un regard impertinent et libre, orchestré par Patrick Menais et son équipe, sur le monde de l’image.

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