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[Issue] Performance [MS Windows] Even with a rather generous 2GB RAM and 8 processor cores, I’m often waiting for simple tasks like a dialogue box to open or directory listing to appear. That really bugs me. Might be network related, rather than WinXP. One way to find out which… [Ubuntu] 
My 1.5GM system slows down if I’m loading a multi-GB audio or image file, but that seems fair. Switching between windows can be a bit twitchy if I’m not running Compiz Fusion – the new display acceleration system (which isn’t officially stable in Ubuntu).
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