Few steps to Speedup Ubuntu (16.04, 16.10)
- Show full autorun list to edit.
cd /etc/xdg/autostart && sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' *.desktop - Disable useless indexing programs:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/346211/tracker-store-and-tracker-miner-fs-eating-up-my-cpu-on-every-startup
sudo apt remove tracker-extract - Install Adaptive Readahead (Preload) Daemon.
- Reduce swap
sudo bash -c "echo 'vm.swappiness = 10' >> /etc/sysctl.conf". - Optionally optimize visual effects: http://askubuntu.com/questions/689602/disable-all-visual-effects-in-ubuntu-15-10