ubuntu-us-nj HELP! Hardy Heron is flawed

[brent timothy saner]

rescue130 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Just a warning, Hardy Heron is broke.

i haven't had any problems. i ran into some wired network problems when
i installed it on my eeepc, but a.) that was when it was beta, and b.)
it's unclear if it's the hardware or software. either way, it's working
fine now for about 2 weeks steadily since.

> The first distro to not recognize my wireless card out of the box.

hell, windows doesn't do it i bet and they have the benefit of vendor
lock-in. i challenge you to do a completely fresh, new gutsy install and
see if it works out of the box. keep in mind, new kernel means compiling
modules.


> That made it impossible to even troubleshoot.

you don't have an rj-45 NIC?


> And this was an LTS release!!!

don't be fooled; 6.06 had PLENTY of problems when it was released. LTS
!= perfectly stable. it means just what it says: _L_ong _T_erm
_S_upport. meaning they keep the lifecycle open longer than the other
6-month releases.


> (By the way, they included beta software with the final release. What
a bright idea! Pure genius)

not the first time it happened. Fx3 is remarkably more stable than Fx2,
AND it fixes Fx2's memory-sapping bug.


> It still has nvidia/compiz problems too. Won't boot up properly from
the start. Takes about 4 restarts to get an acceptable screen resolution
without compiz working even. Much tinkering will be required.

what card? again, i've had no problems and i'm using a 7980 GT. it even
kept my compiz settings in place.


> I'm thinking of trying a more stable platform from now on... Any
recommendations??

Debian, stable branch. good luck, you'll miss ubuntu i think. plus,
there's always BSD.


> I'm using my blackberry for comms and internet until I can get rid of
8.04.

why not just pop a livecd in until you can remediate what problems
you're having?

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