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phoronix.com - 10/24/2009
Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance
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There is just one week left until Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" will be released, but is it worth the upgrade if you are running a netbook? From our testing of the development releases, it is most certainly worth the upgrade, especially when compared to Ubuntu 9.04 with its buggy Intel driver stack ...
[Phoronix] Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance
phoronix.com - 10/23/2009
[Phoronix] Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance
— phoronix.com — There is just one week left until Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" will be released, but is it... worth the upgrade if you are running a netbook? From our testing of the development releases, it is most certainly worth the upgrade, especially when compared to ... (more) [Phoronix] Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance

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[Phoronix] Running Ubuntu 9.10 With Older PC Hardware
phoronix.com - 10/29/2009
[Phoronix] Running Ubuntu 9.10 With Older PC Hardware
— phoronix.com — Last week we looked at the Ubuntu 9.10 netbook performance with two Atom-powered netbooks comparing the Karmic... Koala numbers against that of Ubuntu 9.04. For the most part, Ubuntu 9.10 offered better performance over its predecessor, but there were a ... (more) [Phoronix] Running Ubuntu 9.10 With Older PC Hardware

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ubuntu.com - 10/29/2009
Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
— ubuntu.com — Email and chat Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL,... QQ and many more. Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS ... (more) Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour

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