Fedora 17 Performance Issues I have a Dell Latitude E4310. I have Windows 7 and Fedora installed on it. I rarely use windows and I have been using fedora for a good 9 months now. Recently the performance on my machine degraded considerably. I got a hardware servicing done as well however it continues to worsen each day. What tools can I use to analyze and further resolve the problem? I have ample of disk space > 30 GB unused.

How do I diagnose a performance problem?

This question is too broad for this website, but I'll offer you the following tips only because I don't want you to feel like you're being blown off.

1. Consult the output of `top`. Look for processes that are consuming either a lot of CPU and/or memory resources
2. Check the output of `dmesg`, looking for any messages related to errors or anything that's failing
3. Check log files, specifically `/var/log/messages`
4. Make sure you're up to date, `yum -y update`
5. Exercise the system using memtest86+



These are just a few of the things to get you started.