It is only huge step backward for you. Because you are a developer who wants a snappy desktop (and not that half-poisoned koala that tends to go to sleep and do

It is only huge step backward for you. Because you are a developer who wants a snappy desktop (and not that half-poisoned koala that tends to go to sleep and do some power saving all the time). But you are a developer. So you can tweak a few things and get a nice, snappy system out of Ubuntu. Here's a start: * install linux-image-xxxxxx-lowlatency; * boot it with idle=mwait intel_idle.max_cstate=3 * #disable ipv6: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 * # less swappy than default 60 vm.swappiness = 1 vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50 * install latest graphics drivers to support that 3d desktop monstrosity; * disable all desktop effects; Do that, plus a few more tweaks, and you will have it out of Ubuntu. On a fast modern box your terminal window will finally stop lagging ;)