Comments on: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Beta First Impressions

By: jap1968

jap1968 — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:31:46 +0000

I am also using Ubuntu 9.04 on this saem netbook and I am really happy with this release. For me, the notification system is ok, not being intrusive.

I have also an entry on my blog, including some screenshots and a video illustrating boot time. Yo can have a look here:

http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2009/05/ubuntu-904-on-asus-eee-pc-701.html

By: Fevrin

Fevrin — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:56:13 +0000

Hearing everyone say that Jaunty is the “Best Ubuntu Evar” really got me excited about it. I tried the LiveCD before committing, of course, but while in that environment, a critical issue holds me back: wireless. My HWP54G (rt2500-pci) wireless card works fine in Hardy , but starting with Intrepid, it just hasn’t been working; it sees my wireless network just fine, but after filling out the security info, it never connects. Instead, it has the gall to ask for the password again and again!

I’m sure this is never an issue for those wired folks, but this is a serious regression, and it worries me that future Ubuntu releases won’t have this fixed. Until I can get wireless, I just can’t agree that this is a good release.

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:03:00 +0000

I would definitely upgrade. 9.04 runs faster for me on my Eee PC than 8.04 or 8.10 did.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:42:25 +0000

I’m glad to hear that 9.04 will run on such a low setup as a 900mhz computer. I have a 1ghz p3 with 512mb of ram I’m just dying to update from 8.04 to 9.04.

The only killer may be my intel graphics…..

By: tuxdesktop

tuxdesktop — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:37:47 +0000

I went with EXT4 and it really seems to be stable and quick. I am very impressed with it right now. Ofcourse I have updated through RC so far for both my Ubuntu box and Kubuntu box.

By: josvazg

josvazg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:02:31 +0000

Compiz works, but…
- GoogleEarth used to work in Xandros (or Windows XP), but it is UNUSUBLE in intrepid.
- glxgears fps droped from 1500fps in Ubuntu 7.04 to 600fps in intrepid.
- Planet Penguin racer (the 3d game) does only 3-4fps, not nice to play.
Should I continue?…
Phoronix has some article regarding this performance regression, that is lasting TOO long (over a year already)
3D is very important as most modern graphics, even 2D ones, rely on 3D hw functions of the graphics processors. (Ie. zoom effects in small iphones and their competitors, etc)

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:46 +0000

What issues do you mean? Unfortunately, I may not be the best person to ask, since I don’t use desktop effects.

By: josvazg

josvazg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:59:59 +0000

I am also interested about info/updates on the issues with Intel graphics regressions in Jaunty?

(I think 3D performance is very important for Linux future as of nearly 2010)

By: Adam Hunt

Adam Hunt — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:42:38 +0000

Thanks for that info – perhaps the other improvements incorporated have made up for the use of RAM by “notify-osd”?

I have an AMD Antalon 1.8 Ghz processor and 512 MB of RAM, so it sounds like it should work okay. I’m waiting until the official release to install it.

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:00:08 +0000

I have an underclocked 900 MHz processor and 1 GB of RAM on my Eee PC, and Jaunty is speedier than any other Ubuntu release I’ve used on this thing (7.10, 8.04, and 8.10)—and that’s with the new notifications running. So I can’t say it really makes anything slower.

I haven’t run any official benchmarks, but nothing appears at all to be slower. Everything seems faster, as a matter of fact (boot time, application load time, general responsiveness of windows and mouse clicks).