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Re: "For Windows 7 that same kind of PC is pretty slow, but for Linux it snaps right along."

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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 01 Nov 2011 10:12 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> Trying New Things: Ubuntu 11.10 Made Me Do It.
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| My primary desktop system is a Dell 745 with 6GB of RAM and Intel Core 2
>>| 1.86 Ghz processors. For Windows 7 that same kind of PC is pretty slow, but
>>| for Linux it snaps right along.
>> `----
>>
>> https://communities.bmc.com/communities/blogs/linux/2011/10/31/trying-new-things-ubuntu-1110-made-me-do-it
> 
>    After 24 hours, I was thinking of all the ways I could get rid of
>    Unity and get back to something I wanted to use. I do not know what
>    problem Unity is trying to solve, but it is not desktop usability. On
>    a tablet, sure. I get it. Unity would not be Ice Cream Sandwich or
>    anything, but it would be better than most. Yet apparently Ubuntu is
>    not headed to tablets for some time to come yet:
>    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-heads-to-smartphones-tablets-and-smart-tvs/9834?tag=nl.e539.

Kubuntu 11.10 comes without Unity and without the need to do much to 
get advanced controllers and functionality.

http://www.kubuntu.org/

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