[NYLoCo] Gutsy preview

[hendrixski]

Is the slowdown KDE specific?  Did anyone who's running the Gnome 
version have the same problem?  Everything on mine was slow because I 
was testing it inside a VM on an old laptop, so I didn't notice any 
out-of-the-ordinary slowness.


> I am running Kubuntu 7.10 with no eye candy ;)
>
>
> On 10/17/07, *Exa Byte* <exabyte at gmail.com <mailto:exabyte at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Are you getting this Firefox slowdown only when Compiz is enabled, or
>     all the time?
>
>     I'm waiting for the official release on the 18th, but I use firefox
>     heavily so I'd be concerned if the slowdown you refer to is a
>     Gutsy-problem... If just happens when Compiz is enabled, that wouldn't
>     worry me becuase I'm not an eye candy addict..
>
>     Bossmanbeta.
>
>     On 10/17/07, William Egert < begert at gmail.com
>     <mailto:begert at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I agree with the Firefox slowdown, it was giving me some
>     weirdness.  I
>     > decided to remove it via aptitude and add Swiftfox to my
>     sources.list and
>     > install that instead ( http://getswiftfox.com/debian.htm ).
>     >  This went flawlessly and I saw a definite increase in speed and
>     > performance, all my extensions were still present as well :)
>     >
>     > -Bill
>     >
>     >
>     > On 10/17/07, Brandon Peterman <brpeterman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:brpeterman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > > I upgraded to the RC last Friday, and it's generally been a
>     pleasant
>     > experience.
>     > >
>     > > The compiz fusion effects are spectacular, and it's integrated
>     pleasantly
>     > with the other desktop settings.  It's nice to be able have
>     compiz start
>     > automatically now.  In Feisty, I called 'compiz --replace' every
>     time I
>     > wanted to use the effects (read: always).
>     > >
>     > > The kernel update was a big help.  Some of my cutting edge v4l
>     modules
>     > weren't working in the Feisty kernel, but now I can watch TV
>     with sound!
>     > Just in time for Sabres season, too.
>     > >
>     > > I have noticed that Firefox slowed down considerably,
>     though.  I'm not
>     > sure why that is.  As I said, I used compiz fusion on Feisty and
>     I haven't
>     > changed any of my hardware, but redrawing graphics has become
>     painfully
>     > slow., particularly when I switch tabs.  There's a very
>     pronounced lag
>     > between when I click a tab and when I can start interacting with
>     the page.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > On 10/16/07, hendrixski < hendrixski at storsint.com
>     <mailto:hendrixski at storsint.com>> wrote:
>     > > > Thought I'd share this with everybody.  I tried the Gutsy
>     release
>     > > > candidate today on vmware.
>     > > >
>     > > > Desktop search:  Now we can be just like Leopard/Vista!  I
>     didn't have
>     > > > much to search for yet on the file system, obviously, but
>     it's nice that
>     > > > you can also search google, yahoo! and more from your desktop.
>     > > >
>     > > > Apparently it has built in desktop effects, so the days of
>     struggling to
>     > > > set up Beryl or Compiz are over.  Though, that obviously
>     doesn't work in
>     > > > VMWare (man, I really need to try XEN).  Also, I don't think
>     that the
>     > > > kernel modules for vmware tools aren't there yet, that would
>     help make
>     > > > it less choppy.
>     > > >
>     > > > Other than that it seems like the upgrades are mostly the
>     small stuff.
>     > > > A control center for Mythtv (which can't connect to the
>     tuner from
>     > > > inside VMWare) that allows you to select plugins, configure
>     remotes,
>     > > > tuners, etc.  A few new folders in ~/ like music and video,
>     that show up
>     > > > in the menu when you open a file.  Etc etc.  Basically, with
>     Gutsy it's
>     > > > gradually getting more and more pleasant to use.
>     > > >
>     > > > Anybody else try it yet?  Also, if you run the dist upgrade
>     during that
>     > > > first week, Canonical gets to use their over-loaded server
>     statistics
>     > > > for bragging rights.
>     > > >
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