Ubuntu has been main player in Linux distro for a couple of years, and yet some might found it to be a little bit slow in a few aspects. Here i try to show some of guides that might give a boost to your Ubuntu systems. These tweaks will make your system faster and more responsive.

Speed up your file systems

Ubuntu Linux by default uses the EXT3 file system and there are 3 journaling methods for EXT3 system.

Journal Data Writeback
Journal Data Ordered
Journal Data

On default installation Ubuntu chooses “journal data ordered” and In data=ordered mode, ext3 only officially journals metadata it logically groups metadata and data blocks into a single unit called a transaction.

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