Ubuntu is starting to suck..
 

Last time I used Ubunta was when it was version 7..I still have 5.10 cd's laying around.It ran fine but just never took to Ubuntu.Debian is my choice of distro.I just decided to try latest ubuntu.It was a let down.It handled like a 1973 Eldorado with bald,flat tires.It was sluggish and just felt slow.The pc isnt the newest and fastest.Athlon XP clocked at 2 ghz..with a 1 gig memory.Ubuntu 7 was snappy and responsive..but latest version is just awfully slow.Is it just me?It seems in trying to make it easier to use..there screwing it up.Ububtu is the vista of linux now..Well,maybe that is an exaggeration..

And your question is???

time to try something different, n'est-ce pas?

I guess there is a question buried in there somewhere...Are people with systems similar to mine and have used older versions of Ubuntu finding the same thing when running latest versions of Ububtu??

I can agree alittle with Ubuntu 8.10 running slow but 8.04 was great. Somethings to try first would be removing unwanted modules. Have you tried opening up a thread and ask specific questions or searched for optimizing ubuntu?

I run Ubuntu 8.10 on a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 GB of Memory, and on a 2 GHz C2D. On both systems, I find it responsive and efficient.

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Turning off any processes you do not need is probably the best way to speed things up. I have seen a default ubuntu install have 140+ processes running after Gnome has started while my Debian install has around 60 when lxde starts and around 80 when Kde is running.

Intel Pentium 4 Dual Core 1.6 GHz,1 GB RAM,Ubuntu 8.04.2,the system flies.I've used 7.10 and I find 8.04.2 faster and that's without any tweaking on both systems.It's all in your hands and in your mind.

A only like rolling release distros these days: Arch, Debian Testing, Sidux, and Zenwalk snapshot are all I've been bothering with. Why? Because I'm sick of having to upgrade to new versions and being disappointed with stupid changes they've made or cruft they've added. I think Arch and Debian Testing are probably the ideal distros for a hardcore pragmatist like me, since I can start off with bare metal and build up in a way that suits my needs. I still like Sidux (Xfce) a lot, though.

I used Ubuntu for a year once. I liked it for that year, then hated it the next year and every year since because it just didn't work as well. Life's too short for that nonsense. I'll take control and do it my way, thanks very much :)

Anyway, if you're unhappy, do something different. End of problem. It's not as if Linux doesn't offer any choices.

Well..seems Im not the only ones with this opinion...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...earch&aq=f&oq=

I agree with you. As they make Ubuntu 'one-size-fits-all' it'll end up slowing down. But if you want speed and know exactly what setup you want you'll use Gentoo as it won't get any faster than that.

AMD Athlon 64-bit 2*3 GHz (dualcore) with 4 GB RAM, Ubuntu 8.10 runs pretty smoothly. Eeepc with an Intel Atom 1,6 GHz (on battery trimmed down to less than 1 GHz I think) and 1 GB RAM runs equally smoothly. A laptop with AMD Sempron 1,8 GHz and 512 MB RAM, again running smoothly. Desktop with 1,2 GHz AMD Duron and 384 MB RAM, still no sluggishness or slowness in sight. It could be just me, but I'm pretty sure I could get even older machines and still have it run nicely..which makes me wonder why some (quite many?) people say Ubuntu's newer versions are getting slower and slower -- am I just lucky, or is there something I'm missing here?

I'd recommend just trying other distributions out if you feel it's bad, that's the quickest route nowadays. Or at least switching your default desktop environment (Gnome) to something else, that could make a huge difference. Compiling a custom kernel or stopping processes that usually run all the time could help, but in my opinion there are more effective&easy ways (like the above-mentioned desktop or even distribution switching).

I'm fairly sure a (Beyond) Linux From Scratch does :)

well..i wanted to try ubuntu again because most of the questions on the newbie forum are from Ubuntu users..Most of the times the questions that are asked are easily answered with a google search..Ive responded to posts at times with just a link to a page that took me 5 seconds to find,,,but thats another point..My setup i have now is fast..Debian with Lxde...and when ever possible i use app's that do not depend heavily on Gnome or Kde..For example..to replace Amorok..i use Aqualung to play my shoutcast streams..
and as far as gentoo goes..I dont want to spend hours,days to install Gentoo..thats just nuts to me..Last time i tried Gento was 6 months ago..started at around 7pm..took till after midnight to just get it to point where rebooted ..Energed gnome and went to bed..woke up next morning and had compile error..That is the last time i tried Gentoo..to much hassle to just install it...

Intel Pentium 1.8G 1G ram. Writing this from the same machine using Hardy and it feels better than Xp or Vista that others around the office are using.

Forgot to mention Compiz is enabled and also using cubes and all

I would have to agree. I just switched over to arch from debian and I must say that I am really impressed. The wiki is very well laid out so any troubles I had I was able to solve pretty much myself. Pacman is actually very intuitive.

Yes, Arch is great if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty. It's much more bleeding edge than Debian Sid and much more stable, also (even if it occasionally requires you to stay awake during upgrades). Of course, to be fair, Sid may get more bleeding edge when Lenny is finally made official and all those packages flood in from Experimental... certainly it will get bloodier :D

I just built a new Arch system on Wednesday to test out ext4, and I'm in love with it all over again. It's a nice lean and mean install with Openbox. I just love starting with bare metal and making a fast machine go even faster.