Comments on: Flabbergasted http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39236 Fri, 01 May 2009 06:34:35 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39236 C’mon. All the cool kids are doing it. :twisted:

In my unprofessional opinion, an upgrade would be more hassle than it would be worth. Start with a clean installation, and you’ll be more impressed. :)

]]> By: Xew http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39235 Fri, 01 May 2009 04:51:55 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39235 Oh god. You’re very much tempting me to upgrade to jaunty. Deep down, I know that an upgrade would be a pain in the butt, but under a minute? wow. I may have to risk it.

How I wish Ubuntu was rolling like arch.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39227 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:34:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39227 Ah, thanks. I see now it was a deliberate effort, rather than just an arbitrary feature of a filesystem. Cheers and thanks.

]]> By: Nugnuts http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39225 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:29:39 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39225 Indeed: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview#Boot%20performance

]]> By: wakizaki http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39223 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:48:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39223 It’s the tweaks at the boot scripts, one can experience the fast bootups even on non-ext4 filesystems.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39222 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:34:11 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39222 That’s true, I need to drop the “Mb” habit. It’s a holdover from my days in print journalism. :|

]]> By: Sam Weston http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39221 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:24:43 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39221 Indeed, 9.04 is a bit insane when it comes to boot times. It boots significantly faster on my laptop than the arch with openbox install I had on it until a couple of days ago. Agreed, this may be partially down to ext4 but I think they must also have made some big optimisations to the boot scripts etc.

]]> By: Michael Douglas http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39216 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:50:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/flabbergasted/#comment-39216 They worked a LOT on making the boot better. And, if I’m honest, more was gained by the kernel (2.6.28) than by ext4. 2.6.28 is a LOT better than .27 (and .29 is better yet :D ) so that’s where a big chuck of change came from.

Also: 512MB of RAM should be enough for a full Gnome Desktop too so, while Ubuntu is bloated (I use the more minimalist Crunchbang) it should still be responsive enough.

Says the person who spent the day working why on earth his 333MHz rated Cyrix M-II powered machine wouldn’t let Linux install on it. Still no clue what was wrong, but I solved it. ;) (See my latest blog, linked to as my website, for details.)

Also, it has come to my attention (e.g. pointed out to me) that, on your sidebar, you refer to it as “Mb” not “MB”, which is technically inaccurate (well, unless you count your RAM in Megabits, not MegaBytes ;)

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