Mono required by ubuntu-desktop

[Dan Kegel]

On 8/7/06, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> > My main machine is P2/400 laptop [with 256MB]...
> > It currently runs Ubuntu 5.10, I have no diskspace to do dist-upgrade :P
> > Gnome is slow on this machine. Very slow. For me, it feels almost unusable.
>
> I just ran startup time benchmarks for the OS and a few key apps for
> two laptops (a modern Athlon 64 with 512MB, and an old Athlon 1GHz with 256MB).
> Results are online at http://kegel.com/linux/comfort/startup-benchmarks.html
> Quick summary: Ubuntu 6.06 is fine on this machine.

Oh, except for one thing: the live cd based installer was completely
unusable.  Way too piggy.  I had to use the alternate installer.
- Dan