[GLLUG] system tools and updates

[Andy Ball]

The system seems to slow to a near halt or total system lockup with out
warming or reason (no reason as in minimal apps running and it is a 3.0GHz
Quad Core with 10 GB ram)
On Sep 6, 2014 11:41 PM, "Charles Ulrich" <charles at bityard.net> wrote:

> On 2014-09-06 21:58, Andy Ball wrote:
>
>> Hey everybody,
>>
>> Looking for some help and tips. I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04
>> (64bit)
>>
>> I am having some crash issues lately and suspect Hard drive or CPU
>> issues are there tools that are recommended to help identify what the
>> problem might be. Not the best with command line so graphical tools
>> are desired.
>>
>
> What kind of crash issues? Random applications crash? Kernel panics? The
> whole machine locks up?
>
>  I am looking at upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 I leaning towards fresh
>> install.  My main concern is keeping Virtual Box machines from
>> breaking most of them are on an external drive is there something I
>> need to be aware of and back up.
>>
>
> I always make sure to keep a copy of /home and /etc handy when re-imaging
> a Linux machine.
>
> You should _always_ be doing backups!
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
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