[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Pentium Dual Core

[Parthan]

H P Nadig wrote:
> Friends,
> 
>    Those of you using Ubuntu on machines with Intel Pentium Dual Core
> processor, please share your experiences here. 
> 
>    The x86 version of Ubuntu seems to have *some* problem with Dual
> Core. The CPU easily jumps up to its 100% usage. I've observed that Dual
> core with Ubuntu x86 version is more slower than older CPUs.
> 
>    The download page on ubuntulinux.org suggests amd64 version of it for
> machines with Intel Dual core processors (these processors have EM64T
> support). Has anyone tried this? 

Hi,
Yes, I have Intel Duo Core Processor in my Lenovo N100 and I have 
observed my CPU usage at 100% when am fairly not running other than 
Thunderbird and FireFox. When such a thing happens and I check out whats 
using the CPU with `top`, then I observe nothing to be taking up so much 
of CPU. Only gnome-terminal, multi-load applet, Xorg and sometimes 
metacity and firefox stays on the top.

As G0SUB said, think we have to file a bug report on this :)

And one more thing, I am using Edgy beta and whenever it boots into X, 
and the 'human' brown background appears, it takes some 5-8 seconds for 
the splash screen (the one which comes before the desktop appears) to 
appear. Is this normal or does it get in to the desktop faster for you all ?

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Parthan.S.R.
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