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[Jim Campbell <jwcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I personally at the moment, do not want to draw too much attention to my
> presence in this group. However, that will change in the future and people
> who are completely out would likely want their membership known.
>
> So anyway, how about that Jaunty? So far I've been very happy as it has
> seemed stable. I like the rw filesystem option on USB keys. You can
> permanently install programs that way too. I love the speed of ext4. On my
> Eee 901's slow 16GB internal SSD, jaunty with ext4 runs much faster than
> intrepid with ext3. The new notification system is nice, although I thought
> the old one was fine. Fast boots are very much appreciated.
>
> How are other poeple's experiences with Jaunty?
>

My experience with Jaunty has been very good. I've heard from other people
of occasional problems with Intel drivers and some problems with audio, but
my experience has been good with both of these items. To me it's a bit
interesting that the Intel drivers are ones with problems this time around,
as it seems like they were the "recommended drivers" in prior releases
because they were (and still are) open source. I'm sure that the teams will
sort things out with bug fixes, though.

I'm primarily a Xubuntu user, and I think that this Xubuntu release is the
best one yet. Xfce has added new features without adding heft. I'll look
forward to Xfce 4.8 where they will have a fully functional menu (right now
there is no menu editor), but otherwise Xfce 4.6 is a solid improvement over
Xfce 4.4. I work on documentation for Xubuntu, and while the docs are
decent, they will be better for the next release, too.

Xubuntu is a legitmate, active project, though, and it feels good to be a
part of that team.

In terms of Ubuntu proper, I did give it a try for a period, and 9.04 seems
like an evolutionary release in terms of features on the desktop, with the
exceptions being the notification system (which I didn't think that I would
like, but I found that I do like) and the boot speed improvements (which I'm
sure everyone appreciates). If only OpenOffice wasn't always a UI nightmare.
:/

That's all I have for now, though. :-) Thanks to the initial poster for
starting up a discussion. I wouldn't expect this list to be super-active,
but I'm still glad we're here and that this list is here. :)

Best,

Jim