Comment 87 for bug 342923

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Ace Suares (acesuares) wrote : Re: [Bug 342923] Re: [i945] (Needs UXA) Kubuntu Jaunty Intel 945 GM - Poor sluggish graphics performance in Kate text, etc.

salemboot wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 252094 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252094
>
> Has anybody emailed Mark Shuttlewortth about this catastrophe?

I emailed him about the RAID debacle. Never got a reaction. But there's
a bigger picture then just an graphics or a RAID bug - it's about
releasing stuff that might not be ready for 'production' and alienates a
lot of users.

> He claims that he is a benevolent dictator. Maybe he will use his power to fix the problem.
> To be sure he himself has some insight into the problem. It could also be the case that they
> used the old Electronic Arts principle, "Release now and fix later."
>
> Ubuntu seems to wait for upstream fixes. I don't agree with this policy.
> I read an article about the guy that is working on the Intel code and he claimed huge
> performance increases. I've yet to see them.
>
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> It's like butter to a biscuit. Doesn't taste quite as good as lard.
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