Samsung Ativ Book 9 lite Ubuntu Gnome Slow Performance

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Can someone with a Samsung Ative Book 9 lite recommend a fix?

My laptop struggles running 16.04 gnome. The UI is very slow and the scrolling is sluggish. I believe this is a driver problem, but I can't find solutions.

Windows 10 runs smoothly, with no lag scrolling through web pages like Youtube and Facebook, but Ubuntu is lagging. Thanks!

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 22 '17 at 15:41

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I have installed the proprietary driver in the application and updates section (where you can add keys). There you can search for alternative drivers for the graphics card. But the normal preinstalled driver also worked without problems.

edited May 22 '17 at 15:41

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answered Oct 27 '16 at 16:11

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what ubuntu gnome version are you using? – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 16:27
please guide me because i cant get this to work. – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 16:27
when i view the tab additional drivers on software and updates, i can only see the microcode thing. no video drivers there. – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 16:29
are u sure you got samsung ativ book 9 lite? maybe u got the non-lite version? – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 16:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '16 at 09:07

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I have the same Samsung. But erverything runs very smooth. Maybe you can install a Gnome-shell-extensenion called Impatience. It can speed up the animations of the UI. I have also disabled all unneeded Programs and installed Chrome. For Graphic i have installed the property Driver. Also you can install Samsung-tools for your samsung, so you can controll Fans (but you have to install ubuntu in bios-legacy-mode and not UEFI-mode). Thermald for not getting a too hot notebook. And also you should make a update. The newest version is 16.10 so maybe a dist-upgrade. Hope this make things better.

answered Oct 26 '16 at 09:07

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did you install the amdgpu-pro driver? many thanks for the answer :D – Juan Gabriel Oct 26 '16 at 16:59
What proprietary driver did you install? Is it the new amdgpu-pro drivers? – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 04:09
please help me, lars. – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 07:40
cant install amdgpu-pro. stuck on building initial module... – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 15:08
someone help me please. – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 15:27
help me someone please. im struggling with this. cant get this to work. – Juan Gabriel Oct 27 '16 at 15:40
https://askubuntu.com/a/797598/665251 you should try out this answer – Sumeet Deshmukh May 22 '17 at 16:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '16 at 10:05

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I had installed ubuntu-gnome 16.04. but there were also no problems. with a dist-upgrade i have upgraded to 16.10. i installed no gpu drivers. everything runs smooth and with 16.10 i have a better battery time. thats all. also the lite version.

answered Oct 28 '16 at 10:05

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can i add you on facebook so that you can help me more – Juan Gabriel Oct 28 '16 at 10:11
i'll download 16.10 – Juan Gabriel Oct 28 '16 at 10:11

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 28 '16 at 10:55

Everything worked out-of-the-box. But i have the feeling 16.10 runs smoother. I use chrome for webbrowser and turned off gpu-using. I still use the preinstalled drivers. Do you have installed the Impaciente gnome-shell-extension. when i put it to zero, animations speeded up. hope it will help you with your problems. i have no FB account.

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