# Ubuntu? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 9, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976 "2006-11-09T17:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/1 "2006-11-09T17:05:02Z")
Anybody know much about Ubuntu? I just installed it and anything display related is ass slow. I.E. dragging/resizing a window. Also, if I try to turn my resolution down from 1280x1024 it crashes. The only refresh rate listed at 1024x768 is 85Hz, which my monitor cannot handle. I’m kind of thinking I need to hack a driver for my Radeon 9600 XT. Maybe? Oh yeah, I froze the ap bar right away too. Oh, and I had audio, then I rebooted and didn’t, then I rebooted and did. :bloated: Not impressed thus far… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/2 "2006-11-09T17:23:49Z")
Apparently I didn’t setup the ATI driver that I thought I had downloaded and installed. [https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/graphics-cards.html#video-acceleration-introduction](https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/graphics-cards.html#video-acceleration-introduction) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/3 "2006-11-09T17:31:35Z")
ubuntu is a pretty nice os. im fairly familiar with it. but i have to say [ubuntuforums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org) will be a better source of info then you will find here ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/4 "2006-11-09T18:27:43Z")
Yeah, [ubuntuforums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org) is pretty bomb. I’m on Ubuntu right now, never used Linux with an ATI card tho. If you want a quick answer non-ATI related shoot me a message. Be sure to check google and the forums first tho, I can usually find everything I need doing that. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/5 "2006-11-09T20:50:06Z")
Kubuntu for the slow yet pretty win ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/6 "2006-11-10T07:16:00Z")
were you able to figure out the refresh rate problem yet? That option is a son of a bitch… seriously took me 3 days to figure out (and 2 fresh installs). Sweet OS though… just wish I could find a more “windows”-ish interface for it. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/7 "2006-11-10T07:22:57Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > were you able to figure out the refresh rate problem yet? That option is a son of a bitch… seriously took me 3 days to figure out (and 2 fresh installs). Sweet OS though… just wish I could find a more “windows”-ish interface for it. get kubuntu its ubuntu with K Desktop Environment. very windows-ish but its more of a hog. if u have an up to date machine it should run no problems. i was running it with a p4 512mb ram and it was good. FightinMike is running it and his runs great with a gig of ram ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/8 "2006-11-10T07:42:55Z")
I have a P3 733 with 256… I imagine it would be pretty slow :\ although, I do have some extra memory (and “should” have an extra 512 of SD coming my way) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/9 "2006-11-10T07:49:28Z")
yeah, i would stick with ubuntu ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ubuntu/19976/10 "2006-11-10T13:02:52Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > were you able to figure out the refresh rate problem yet? That option is a son of a bitch… seriously took me 3 days to figure out (and 2 fresh installs). Sweet OS though… just wish I could find a more “windows”-ish interface for it. Just had to setup the display driver.