# Ubuntu considerations, thinking about installing it.

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**Created:** [May 1, 2007, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu-considerations-thinking-about-installing-it/28595 "2007-05-01T09:14:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu-considerations-thinking-about-installing-it/28595/21 "2007-05-02T11:29:18Z")

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[quote=“boardjnky4,post:20,topic:28595"”]

well i havent had windows installed on this machine in over a year, but i can say that my machine was never FAST with windows.

btw, my computer is a Pentium4m 2.4ghz with 512mb ram. Right now i am running feisty fawn fresh install with beryl setup with transparencies and wobbly windows and all and i am not noticing ANY lag. things are very snappy, and very cool looking for the minimal amount of tweaking that ive done

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Yeah I keep Windows on a separate partition just in case… Came in handy when I needed to setup verizon DSL.

Not to thread hijack but how is your performance in firefox with beryl enabled? When I had beryl enabled (on my laptop and desktop), switching tabs was noticeably slower. So slow in fact that I have permanently disabled beryl.

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