eldragon
November 18th, 2008, 04:01 AM
ive been here since 2006, ubuntu was my first dip of linux, and it was a sweet ride. all i know is thanks to its easy of configure and use. but since the last upgrade, ive noticed things have gone downhill.
several different problems have pushed me to look another way.
first of all. how sluggish 8.10 is. really disappointing. no benchmarks, just the feel compared to its previous release.
second: there have been numerous regressions that have been anoying the hell out of me.
- shutdown problems concerning ALSA, for starters.
- cpu fan control out of control <-- really problematic if you ask me.
and last but not least. my laptop is one of the several models with a nasty acpi bug that doesnt allow any livecd / install to boot correctly. being forced to make a circus out of what should be a simple installation. i shouldt, and never complained about this ACPI bug. which isnt ubuntu, or even linux's fault. but a workaround has been found. and a kernel patch has been posted on launchpad, before the feature freeze on intrepid, yet, i dont know why it went unnoticed. the overall feel is that launchpad isnt being checked by devs anymore. god knows how they track the bugs.
overall, the lack of quality assurance in favor of a timed release has been really perjudicial to ubuntu. this isnt the honey that will draw new installs. it will sacre them away.
now, after succesfully installing arch on my notebook, gonna sign up to their forums, and see if i can get them to apply the patch that was posted in launchapd and kindly ignored.
i hope some day in the future i can come back to ubuntu and enjoy its user friendliness without the severe performance penalty that intrepid ibex is.
several different problems have pushed me to look another way.
first of all. how sluggish 8.10 is. really disappointing. no benchmarks, just the feel compared to its previous release.
second: there have been numerous regressions that have been anoying the hell out of me.
- shutdown problems concerning ALSA, for starters.
- cpu fan control out of control <-- really problematic if you ask me.
and last but not least. my laptop is one of the several models with a nasty acpi bug that doesnt allow any livecd / install to boot correctly. being forced to make a circus out of what should be a simple installation. i shouldt, and never complained about this ACPI bug. which isnt ubuntu, or even linux's fault. but a workaround has been found. and a kernel patch has been posted on launchpad, before the feature freeze on intrepid, yet, i dont know why it went unnoticed. the overall feel is that launchpad isnt being checked by devs anymore. god knows how they track the bugs.
overall, the lack of quality assurance in favor of a timed release has been really perjudicial to ubuntu. this isnt the honey that will draw new installs. it will sacre them away.
now, after succesfully installing arch on my notebook, gonna sign up to their forums, and see if i can get them to apply the patch that was posted in launchapd and kindly ignored.
i hope some day in the future i can come back to ubuntu and enjoy its user friendliness without the severe performance penalty that intrepid ibex is.