<div>Actually I just got a Dell Laptop D531 and its support page had Ubuntu 7.04 Drivers. so naturally I downloaded Feisty as I had always wanted to use Linux on my Laptops.</div> <div> </div> <div>In the beginning it was pretty fascinating but now it appears to be no different from Windows ! ( No offense )</div> <div> </div> <div>On the other hand I feel the problems are much more on AMD platform compared to Intel.</div> <div> </div> <div>Right now the shut down problem is really bugging me !</div> <div> </div> <div>A single hard-boot and my installation is gone !</div> <div>Thanks for the reply.</div> <div>Any ideas !</div> <div> </div> <div>Rehan<BR><BR><B><I>Scott Balneaves <sbalneav@legalaid.mb.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 08:51:13 -0500<BR>To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<BR>Subject: Re: Feisty vs
Dapper<BR>From: Scott Balneaves <sbalneav@legalaid.mb.ca><BR><BR>On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0700, Rehan Afzal wrote:<BR>> I have been usign Feisty for over a week now and I ma sick of its instabilities !<BR><BR>I've run feisty here at my work for a while now on 30+ servers, seems ok<BR>to me.<BR><BR>> Laptops hang (especially if they are shut down improperly ! ) You have to reinstall the whole thing ! Yeah they are dells !<BR>I run feisty on my laptop. Suspend/resume works fine on mine (System 76 and<BR>Acer TravelMate 2200), and I've never needed a re-install. What exact<BR>symptoms are you having?<BR><BR>> I also have an AMD Server and I cant shut it down ( except hard power off ).<BR><BR>So what happens when you try to shut it down? Nothing? Or it shuts down<BR>and the power doesn't actually turn off? If so, that's an ACPI issue, and<BR>maybe either a bug that should be reported, or often, a bios update you<BR>can do that will fix the problem.
There's a LOT of buggy bios' out there.<BR><BR>> I am beign told that Dapper is more stable and all thebugs have been sorted out !<BR><BR>Well, yeah, Dapper's the LTS release, and is older.<BR><BR>> Feisty / Gusty are just Canonical's obsessions ( of launching a version every months; whether they are bugfree or not ).<BR><BR>Well, they're not "obsessions", as you put it, they're just regular releases.<BR>Sometimes things have bugs, and if you're running into them, best bet is to<BR>ask on lists like this, and get help with them. That's why we're here.<BR><BR>If you like stability, why didn't you stick with Dapper?<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Scott<BR><BR>-- <BR>Scott L. Balneaves | "Eternity is a very long time,<BR>Systems Department | especially towards the end."<BR>Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Woody Allen<BR><BR>-- <BR>edubuntu-users mailing list<BR>edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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