Edgy: Slower X than under dapper [PPC radion 9200]

Jeff ubuntu at n9cqs.com
Sun Nov 5 00:31:22 UTC 2006


I run a PII-400 (I have lots of other machines, but that is the one I've
been using Ubuntu on) and it seemed VERY slow and then choked and would
not install Edgy at all.  I had to go back to Dapper. 

On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 18:16 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:06:17 +0100
> Denny Schierz <linuxmail at 4lin.net> wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> > 
> > I'm not 100% sure, but me eyes told me, that the gui under Edgy is
> > slower than under Dapper.
> > 
> > 
> > Does anybody feel the same?
> 
> 
>    I have always felt that way..but my machine is so slow (450 mhz) it's hard to
> tell sometime. But Edgy does feel heavier. And I still have that "static" on my screen. Usplash doesn't work...
> VLC is buggy (or X is buggy) and Firefox 2.0 is crawling with bugs. It maybe
> time for a new computer or Feisty Fawn.
> 





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