[PARTIALLY SOLVED] Installing Ubuntu 13.04 on a Toshiba Satellite C55-A laptop

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/06/2013 04:00 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 5 October 2013 22:00, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Couldn't wait.  Downloaded and burned the 13.10 beta.  It boots up to a
>>> fully fucntional Unity desktop.  Going to wait for the offical release
>>> before attemting to install it.
>>
>> Don't bother waiting.  Download the Beta and go for it.  It is on late
>> beta now and if you install it you will get the updates to bring it up
>> to release level as soon as they are available.  I have been running
>> on saucy for weeks with very few problems.  Of course a new version is
>> always prone to teething troubles for a couple of months, but it will
>> still be better that the previous version for you, as that does not
>> work for you at all.
>
> I upgraded to 13.10 two weeks ago. Except for the fact that I can't
> boot with a 13.10 kernel (I've been too busy even to check launchpad
> to see if anyone else has this problem let alone try to single out the
> cause), it's running well.
>

OK, you guys convinced me.  It would have benn hard to wait anyway.

Regards,  Jim