Switching to edgy help?

[Marius Gedminas]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:16:07AM -0800, skt wrote:
> I just did a fresh clean install of Dapper (netboot don't recommend it)
> and was wondering about Edgy, the only problem though is on the bug
> reports I see alot of people having problems with ATI hardware which I
> have. Is this bug fixed and if so, would it be safe for me to upgrade,
> at this point there's nothing on Dapper that is keeping me here and
> would kind of like to try Edgy but a little skeptical after reading the
> bug reports.

The 'radeon' driver in Dapper for my ATI Radeon Mobility M7 used to
crash my laptop randomly (sometimes three times a day, sometimes once in
a fortnight).  I've upgraded to Edgy and this problem disappeared.

So, for me it was definitely worth it.  I also like Firefox 2.0 and
Python 2.5.

Marius Gedminas
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Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
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