Originally Posted By: NJC
I had a spare 80GB partition, so I divided in 2 - one for Ubuntu 12.10 and the other for Mint. Mint hasn't been installed yet, but Ubuntu was last night. The whole installation process is smooth, although it could mess up the unsuspecting user who has more than one hard drive (by placing Grub in the wrong place).
Unity seems slick, although runs like molasses on my dual core 3Ghz @ 2GB machine. I'll try again tonight to see if updated video drivers would help but it seems too slow for my vintage machine.
It could be slow because you have the stupid Amazon thumbnails and peeks that load from your dash searches. I understand something has to keep the lights on for canonical, but the amazon thumbnails are ridiculous.
I had a spare 80GB partition, so I divided in 2 - one for Ubuntu 12.10 and the other for Mint. Mint hasn't been installed yet, but Ubuntu was last night. The whole installation process is smooth, although it could mess up the unsuspecting user who has more than one hard drive (by placing Grub in the wrong place).
Unity seems slick, although runs like molasses on my dual core 3Ghz @ 2GB machine. I'll try again tonight to see if updated video drivers would help but it seems too slow for my vintage machine.
It could be slow because you have the stupid Amazon thumbnails and peeks that load from your dash searches. I understand something has to keep the lights on for canonical, but the amazon thumbnails are ridiculous.