pc acting up

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Well Brian, first thing I would do would be to run a
ps -x
and look over the list of running processes. Certainly examine that 
list-and-either figure out which extra items are bogging things down, or kill 
some of those items. Also, if your system is in an odd state, you could 
try-and-run an
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
You could probably jump to version 17.10 if not the newest.
Chime