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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Author vedran    Category Personal     Tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Though recently I had little free time on my hands, I did get to download and install Ubuntu from scratch, then current version was full of some useless garbage, scripts and libraries I really didn’t need. So, I decided to install new 10.04 Ubuntu release from start. Installation process went without a single problem and it lasted less then 5 minutes. After installation everything worked out of box. No problems whatsoever with WiFi, DSL, incompatibility with kernel, non-responsive hibernation, etc ; all of which I had with previous release. Though I made them all work, it’s nice to see them all work with official Linux libraries, including support for iPod 5th generation (worked instantly in Rhythmbox) and great increase in video performance (Wine programs work like a charm).

As for new social apps, well, they’re nice add-on, but I’d prefer much more if I could replace Evolution with Thunderbird as primary mail client and Empathy with Pidgin as primary IM. I’m really beginning to hate Evolution… Switched location of Windows menu buttons was certainly annoying, so I had to get it back right…

Performance of Lucid Lynx is by far greater then its predecessor. I have noticed a great increase in video performance; I pimped Compiz to max for fun. System starts amazingly fast, roughly 10-15 seconds (dis-including Grub & login waiting time) and shuts in 3 seconds. Java still has some issues, but it’s definitely better then before. As always I had issues with Flash on 64bit machines, now I only have such problems when accessing the source file indirectly.

All in all, considering performance, new addons/apps, accessibility and also that this release is also LTS, I’d have to give it A-. I’m already looking forward to 10.10 release, which will hopefully include Grub 3 as well as the ability to change primary apps in Social networking.

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