Linux Mint laggy desktop

[Ashleyyyy]

so i'm using Linux Mint 18.3 on my pc (specs in signature) and if i move apps between monitors (i have 3) so dragging them over they lag out bigtime. they'll just stay on the screen where they were before and sort of teleport when i "drop" them. 

 

i'm running the latest nvidia drivers and the rest of the system is fully updates as well. 

 

anyone know a fix? 

[WolfGar]

I am not familer with Mint, but it should work fine moving the apps from one to the other.  I do that with my small system running Ubunu 

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, WolfGar said:

I am not familer with Mint, but it should work fine moving the apps from one to the other.  I do that with my small system running Ubunu 

yeah, i have used stock ubuntu on this machine in the past and it was fine... little laggy (because gnome), but nothing like this. 

[WolfGar]

I was bout to update my self after looking at Mint.  Its the same darn thing without Gnome.   I just read 5 reason why mint is better then Ubuntu.  So the first things was Graphics and the ability to use it like windows.  So That said.  Hmmm with what you have as a system, it should be ripping the screen off the stand.  Not sure why its not, unless they got a bug in the software some how.

 

 

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, WolfGar said:

 Hmmm with what you have as a system, it should be ripping the screen off the stand.  Not sure why its not, unless they got a bug in the software some how.

 

 

what?

[WolfGar]

They came out with an update to the Mint Software 45 Days ago.  It could be possable that their is a bug in it with notice.  happens from time to time.  

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, WolfGar said:

They came out with an update to the Mint Software 45 Days ago.  It could be possable that their is a bug in it with notice.  happens from time to time.  

oh okay. 

[Sauron]

are you using the open driver or the proprietary one? try changing to the other one.

[Ashleyyyy]

22 hours ago, Sauron said:

are you using the open driver or the proprietary one? try changing to the other one.

proprietary.

 

issue is, i'm using a gtx 1050, which ubuntu 16.04 does not have proper support for. so if i switch to the open driver, the system crashes. i could get around this by manually upgrading the kernel, but then VMware gets issues. 

[Sauron]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

proprietary.

 

issue is, i'm using a gtx 1050, which ubuntu 16.04 does not have proper support for. so if i switch to the open driver, the system crashes. i could get around this by manually upgrading the kernel, but then VMware gets issues. 

You could try using a different compositor but it could get a bit messy.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

You could try using a different compositor but it could get a bit messy.

how do i do that using cinnamon desktop? i think it has it's own compositor doesn't it?

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

how do i do that using cinnamon desktop? i think it has it's own compositor doesn't it?

I've never done it with cinnamon, in theory it should be possible but I can't find any guide so you'd probably have to mess with it quite a bit. Alternatively you could try installing another DE altogether like kde plasma.

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Sauron said:

I've never done it with cinnamon, in theory it should be possible but I can't find any guide so you'd probably have to mess with it quite a bit. Alternatively you could try installing another DE altogether like kde plasma.

how do i do that?

[Sauron]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

how do i do that?

here's a guide https://www.tecmint.com/install-kde-plasma-5-in-linux/

[ProjectBox153]

Do the Windows sort of slow down when you try to move them? I’ve had that issue too. 

[Ashleyyyy]

13 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Do the Windows sort of slow down when you try to move them? I’ve had that issue too. 

yeah they did. i tried KDE, and that is fine. i'm gonna stay away from GNOME based desktops from now on. 

[ProjectBox153]

4 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yeah they did. i tried KDE, and that is fine. i'm gonna stay away from GNOME based desktops from now on. 

I've had that issue with Ubuntu. I don't think I've had that problem on Mint MATE.