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Old May 12th, 2010, 02:33 AM
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From what is said here, Canonical should have released a very explicit disclaimer telling people that 10.4 is not going to work too well with old equipment. If it is mentioned on its website, then it is hard to find.
The Intel Pentium 3 processor was produced between 1999 and 2003. Canonical should not be required to release an 'explicit disclaimer' stating that they do not support a processor that is nearly seven years old. They do have a minimum system requirements page that should be consulted before upgrading to a major new release.

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Plus, I haven't observed any breakthrough or really new thing to go with it to make it a choice over the older versions. The packaged apps, particularly Open Office, remain behind commercial. I also don't understand the left side "X" to terminate an app. What was the point of that, except to say we're not Windows?
Most of the new features in 10.04 are improved hardware support and slightly newer software. 10.04 is not drastically different from 9.10, and it shouldn't be. There was only six months between 9.10 and 10.04. One thing you should note, however, is that 10.04 is an LTS (long term support) release. The last LTS release was 8.04. If you compare 10.04 to 8.04, then you will see quite a difference.
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