I've finished reinstalling and testing 32bit 8.10. The problem seems to be greatly diminished. Once I had all my software installed (system updates, Thunderbird, VMWare, restricted extras, nfs driver, nVidia driver) Firefox was showing some symptoms of running slower on Slashdot, but nowhere near as bad as it had been under 64bit - I assume that it's Java related from the restricted extras.
File transfer over the network has improved. I'm finding that it's still hit and miss when it comes to speed, however I have yet to see it gradually slowing down while copying. A file may start slowly (the lowest I've seen in my tests was about 4MB/s, up from 1.8MB/s previously) but over the duration it will remain stable or increase slightly. The first few files (each about 700MB in size) that are copied to my server after mounting the device are typically getting 9MB/s to 11MB/s in bursts. chris larsen: I have previously found a link between re-mounting a device and resetting it's copying speed, so I'm not surprised you are seeing an improvement there. -- file transfers on USB disk are very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197762 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
