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Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by Daniel R. O'Connor on 2009-10-04

I don't have very advanced hardware. I have a Dell Optiplex gx110 with a 737Mhz Pentium III processor,and 256Mb of RAM. I got Ubuntu for my computer because I herd that it ran quick on computers with less advanced hardware. I was very pleased with Ubuntu 8.10, it gave me very fast and responsive performance. But ever since I "upgraded" to 9.04 my computer has slowed down BIG TIME. My boot times have tripled nay quadrupled, and my computer has some serious lagging problems, I mean really serious; when my computer finally does finish loading and I don't even have any windows open yet my cursor does not even come close to keeping up with the movements of my mouse. If I upgrade to 9.10 will my computer speed up to the way it was when I had 8.10 or will it slow down even more?

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu Edit question

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Solved by:: s.fox

Solved:: 2009-10-04

Last query:: 2009-10-04

Last reply:: 2009-10-04

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Pablo Rubianes (pablorubianes-uy) said on 2009-10-04:

Hello, maybe you could give Xubuntu a try, Xubuntu uses Xfce instead of Gnome, they are very similar but Xfce is faster and you need less computer requirements to go fast.
About Ubuntu 9.10 I hear that is gonna be faster than 9.04, but I don't try it yet. I recomend to give Xubuntu a shoot.
Hope this help you

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Daniel R. O'Connor (603oconnord) said on 2009-10-04:

Can I change my system to Xubuntu without having to reinstall? Because I
have some other partitions too that I don't want to disturb.

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Pablo Rubianes <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #84707 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/84707
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> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Pablo Rubianes proposed the following answer:
> Hello, maybe you could give Xubuntu a try, Xubuntu uses Xfce instead of
> Gnome, they are very similar but Xfce is faster and you need less computer
> requirements to go fast.
> About Ubuntu 9.10 I hear that is gonna be faster than 9.04, but I don't try
> it yet. I recommend to give Xubuntu a shoot.
> Hope this help you
>
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