10.04 too heavy for my hardware

[Colin Law]

On 27 May 2010 01:26, Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 26, 2010 02:54 PM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> On 5/26/2010 11:05 AM, chris wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 01:20 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I finally succeeded in installing (clean) 10.04 on my notePC, but it
>>>> runs uncomfortably slow
>>>> Hardware:
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> did work acceptably)
>>>> Or should I try maybe some other (preferrably light-weigth) version of
>>>> Linux?
>>>> If so, are there any recommendations?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> PC Linux os
>>> The kiwi
>>>
>>>
>> suggesting about other distros in ubuntu mailing lists O_o
>>
>
> What, you think Ubuntu is the holy grail of Linux distributions or
> something? Now I am not saying that the OP should try something else but
> what is wrong with suggesting the right tool for the job? If a small
> thing as suggesting using other distributions is a problem, then the
> Ubuntu community has bigger problems than just poor execution in doing
> releases. "Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'"

I think there is nothing wrong with suggesting other distributions but
it might be better if the first approach were to attempt to find and
fix the problem with the OP's Ubuntu setup rather than immediately
suggesting a change.  Otherwise the first response to many who have
problems with a piece of hardware might be to try Windows rather than
to get it working with Ubuntu.  Also the subject of the thread is
'10.04 too heavy for my hardware' to which the answer is that 10.04
should run happily on his h/w.

Colin