ubuntu-us-nj HELP! Hardy Heron is flawed

[Andrew Min]

It actually wasn't LTS, that was just Ubuntu. You DO want to be careful, as
they took the video portion out of sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Also,
Firefox looks like crap. But you can downgrade to 2.0 with *firefox-2*.
Other than that.... my Kubuntu is fine.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 1:47 PM, brent timothy saner <brent.saner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>
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