Alternatives to ubuntu?

[Todd Slater]

On 1/3/06, Filip Svendsen <filipncs at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Will H. Backman <whb at ceimaine.org> wrote:
> > Filip Svendsen wrote:
> > > I realize this is probably one of the worst possible places to ask
> > > this, but I'm looking for an alternative to Ubuntu. My problem is that
> > > the interface feels so incredibly sluggish. I'm not talking about
> > > startup times of apps, which really doesn't bother me at all; it's the
> > > responsiveness of apps after they've started. In particular firefox is
> > > incredibly slow, compared to under windows 2000.
> > >
> > > I really don't want to go back to windows again, so I'm interested in
> > > if anybody knows how well gnome and firefox runs under for example
> > > gentoo?
> > > Are their other performance-minded distros out there?
> > > --
> > > Venlig hilsen
> > > Filip Svendsen
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps the question should be:  How do I troubleshoot performance
> > problems in Ubuntu.
>
> That's a pretty good point.
>
> I have:
> - an amd-64 2800+, and I use the k7 kernel
> - a Radeon 9800, for which I use the fglrx driver, with acceleration on.
>
> And when I use firefox or any of the gnome/gtk+ programs, it feels
> like I'm back on my old duron 700 MHz... :(
>
> Everything is super snappy when I'm in windows 2000...

I have an amd sempron (64) 2800 with a gig of ram and it's pretty
snappy. I'm using the generic amd64 kernel. Firefox 1.5 is more
responsive than 1.0.7, but I haven't tried to set it up on 64 bit yet.

Todd