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I decided to install Jaunty on an older machine, to see how it ran with the speed improvements that are promised in this latest release. The only thing my test machine has going for it is its modest 2GB of RAM. It has a 2.4ghz Athlon 64 single core processor and an 80GB IDE hard drive. Sure, this isn’t the absolute worst machine on the planet, but it’s certainly far from the best.

Usually I don’t talk about the installation process unless there have been some considerable improvements or problems. Unfortuantely, I did have a few problems while installing the latest daily build of Ubuntu. It goes without saying though that these types of problems are expected in alpha quality software, and none of these issues are likely to remain in the final release.

The first oddity that I noticed while installing Jaunty was the new location selection screen. Hopefully it will be changed before the final release, because it was almost impossible for me to determine where my location was on the map. Thankfully, there is a selection box where I could select my region. Check out the screenshot below for a look at what the location selection screen looks like at this point in its development (click on it for a larger view):

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