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I run Ubuntu 10.10 as my main OS and it screams. I Installed Mint 12 on a test partition and it is a significant slow down, particularly regarding all things UI

I run Ubuntu 10.10 as my main OS and it screams. I Installed Mint 12 on a test partition and it is a significant slow down, particularly regarding all things UI. Ubuntu puts out a pretty steady 50fps with translucent desktop cube in 1920x1200, Mint 12 can barley transition between workspaces without a choppy slow down. 5-10 second lock up whenever I use ctr+alt+T. Window color inversion (and apparently most of compiz) is broken. Installing nvidia post release caused Gnome to become totally inoperable, I had to boot with Gnome-No-Effects option. I prefer Mint's Gnome 3 to Ubuntu's Unity, but speaking practically, staying with 10.10 is my only true option. I am disappointed.

lhnn 15y ago
You're comparing apples to oranges, kind of. What you're saying isn't necessarily reflective of Mint 12; it could just as well be Ubuntu 11.10.
- vectorpush 15y ago
  I should have mentioned that I've tried Ubuntu 11.10 on the same machine and noticed similar UI performance problems compared to Ubuntu 10.10 (as well as a broken compiz). Yes, some of this could be attributed to Ubuntu 11.10, but the comparison is still valid since both are competing for me as a user. If the Mint team finds it necessarily to subsume Ubuntu then they must be prepared to accept the problems that are inherited as a result.
  - mixmastamyk 15y ago
    I'm on 11.04 with gnome-classic and working well. The key is to go back to the previous releases compiz via ppa.
    - jholman 15y ago
      Could you write a little more about this, please?
      - acabal 15y ago
        http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/how-to-downgrade-to-compiz-086-in.html http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/how-to-downgrade-to-compiz-08... Every version of Compiz newer than the one in this PPA gives me endless problems. If you're still on 11.04 like me (I downgraded after upgrading to 11.10), this PPA is a must.
thekevan 15y ago
That may be more Compiz rather than Mint.
dman 15y ago
Which graphics card? Do you even have acceleration working under Linux Mint?

lhnn 15y ago

You're comparing apples to oranges, kind of. What you're saying isn't necessarily reflective of Mint 12; it could just as well be Ubuntu 11.10.

vectorpush 15y ago
I should have mentioned that I've tried Ubuntu 11.10 on the same machine and noticed similar UI performance problems compared to Ubuntu 10.10 (as well as a broken compiz). Yes, some of this could be attributed to Ubuntu 11.10, but the comparison is still valid since both are competing for me as a user. If the Mint team finds it necessarily to subsume Ubuntu then they must be prepared to accept the problems that are inherited as a result.
- mixmastamyk 15y ago
  I'm on 11.04 with gnome-classic and working well. The key is to go back to the previous releases compiz via ppa.
  - jholman 15y ago
    Could you write a little more about this, please?
    - acabal 15y ago
      http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/how-to-downgrade-to-compiz-086-in.html http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/how-to-downgrade-to-compiz-08... Every version of Compiz newer than the one in this PPA gives me endless problems. If you're still on 11.04 like me (I downgraded after upgrading to 11.10), this PPA is a must.

thekevan 15y ago

That may be more Compiz rather than Mint.

dman 15y ago

Which graphics card? Do you even have acceleration working under Linux Mint?