LXer: Why Dell Should Upgrade Past Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

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04-16-2009, 07:01 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,382 Rep:	LXer: Why Dell Should Upgrade Past Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Published at LXer: Earlier this week we looked at the Inspiron Mini 9, which was Dell's inaugural Atom-powered netbook. The hardware to the device was fine and it even shipped with Ubuntu Linux, albeit with a few modifications. In that article though we said we would have Ubuntu benchmarks coming from this 8.9" Intel device and today we have those numbers to share. We are looking at the performance of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 9.04 from the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. Since Ubuntu 8.04.2, Intel's Atom performance has improved tremendously and Dell should begin thinking about upgrading past the Long-Term Support release. Read More...

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