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Ubuntu LTS Experiences X.org Memory Leak
MonsterTrimble writes "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 is experiencing a major memory leak due to patches for X.org. 'An X.Org Server update that was pushed into the Lucid repository last week has resulted in the system being slower and slower as it is left on, until it reaches a point where the system is no longer usable. ... In order to make the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS deadline, the developers are looking at just reverting three of the patches, which brings the GLX version back to 1.2. Ubuntu developers are now desperate for people willing to test out this updated X.Org Server package so they can determine by this Friday whether to ship it with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or doing an early SRU (Stable Release Update). Right now this X.Org Server that's being tested is living in the ubuntu-x-swat PPA.'"
Not me, I switched to Fedora - which I recommend heartily to anyone with a desktop or laptop system. I didn't realise how much I had grown to hate Ubuntu until I made the switch. Computing is fun again now! My computer actually works reliably again, which it hadn't for the last year of my running Ubuntu. In the future all the machines I look after should be running a mix of Fedora and Debian.
sudo mount --milk --sugar
Anyone who cares about having the latest and greatest wouldn't be using Ubuntu at all. If they're lucky they might get the "latest" part for a few days after 10.04.
Ubuntu has become just a superficial OS X clone for cheapskates who won't buy the real thing.