Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Has Been Released
By toniobacasno
@toniobacasno (233)
Philippines
October 16, 2011 3:24am CST
I just upgraded my Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 and its been satisfactory. One thing they got right was Unity. I didn't like 11.04 Unity at all, that's why I revert to Classic Mode. But since 11.10 doesn't have one (only Ubuntu 2D), I have to accept the reality. But to my surprise, they change how Unity now behaves. It now automatically hides itself once you open up a window, saving screen real state. If you need to access it, just hover to the left edge of your screen and it will pop-out. There are lots of new feature in this version of Ubuntu, but one thing I greatly notice about it. This version has been Ssslllooowww. I don't know, maybe because my system is dual-boot or maybe this was still in beta (i guess?). But I have lots of bad hang-ups and slow-response experience with this version. How 'bout you, what are your experiences with the new Ubuntu 11.10?
5 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
16 Oct 11
I have not yet tried this one, but I will do it soon. I am surprised to read that this version of Ubuntu is slow ; if it is true Ubuntu would have lost one of its main advantage. A few years ago I had a bad crash with Ubuntu, and it is why I have looked for another Linux. I have Gentoo installed since more than 2 years on my computer, and I am very satisfied with it, but I am curious, I like to try new versions of Linux, and I have never missed an Ubuntu release
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.@toniobacasno (233)
• Philippines
16 Oct 11
Maybe its just my system (I'm running it on a 3 year old laptop). I have Windows XP SP3 installed on the same system but it is quite snappy. But Ubuntu 11.10 lags quite a bit, which is really surprising. Ubuntu 10.10 was far more snappy. Opening an application takes about 5 seconds, which I don't normally experience on my Windows installation. Maybe because of Unity. I don't know. I really do hope Canonical will do something about this.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
17 Oct 11
For me good in them they showed the best in it so be good at all in your dreams so that it can make it best.
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
16 Oct 11
can this new ubuntu 11.10 run on old hardware such as athlon XP 1600 with 512MB ram? i'm still using debian with lxde desktop because i still on my old hardware, i already have the budget for buying new PC but i still don't have time to go shopping now so i still using my old hardware...
@modeofevasion (86)
• Philippines
17 Oct 11
Is that the only change they did for the new version? I've been wanting to use Ubuntu 11.04, but now there's a new one!
