Well, I had several options to improve performance for the AAO. I realized one of the drawbacks with Ubuntu, specially in underpowered systems is the bloated kernel which is compiled in a general way for any system that might use it. This lack optimization, I’m sure, it’s a major contributor to the sluggishness of the AAO.
Downloaded :
Kernel 2.6.31-rc7 headers+image from http://www.kuki.me
after that just clicked on both to install
Results :
pizzaman@monsterxx8:~$ glxgears
1013 frames in 5.0 seconds = 202.283 FPS
1095 frames in 5.0 seconds = 218.342 FPS
1103 frames in 5.0 seconds = 220.491 FPS
770 frames in 5.0 seconds = 153.872 FPS
1021 frames in 5.0 seconds = 204.021 FPS
982 frames in 5.0 seconds = 195.903 FPS
952 frames in 5.0 seconds = 190.391 FPS
889 frames in 5.0 seconds = 177.743 FPS
1056 frames in 5.0 seconds = 209.370 FPS
981 frames in 5.0 seconds = 196.015 FPS
906 frames in 5.0 seconds = 181.198 FPS
904 frames in 5.0 seconds = 180.167 FPS
A nice improvement, with little effort.