Well, the good news is I've been doing lots of testing an optimization to try and make Mir super-smooth on old netbooks (and hence everything). Good progress so far, but if you want to test it you'll need to install vivid (Ubuntu 15.04).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657976 Title: [Intel GMA 945/950] Unity Interface Is Extremely Slow (Ubuntu Netbook 10.10) Status in Mutter: Invalid Status in Unity: Invalid Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: Invalid Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: mutter I just finished Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 installation (Installed on MSI Wind U100 Plus). I'm experience same issue. Unity is _extremely_ slow. Tool tips appears after ~1-2 seconds. Clicking on any of unity shortcuts, freeze whole system for a few seconds. Can I help somehow with debugging? Netbook Philco PHN10403: Intel Atom N280 1.6 Ghz 2GB RAM Intel GMA 950 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: mutter 2.31.5-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Feb 11 15:51:24 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/mutter InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=he_IL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mutter To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mutter/+bug/657976/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp