<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> For my fairly heavy software development/testing, LibreOffice word-processing / spreadsheets / presentation, and music applications, I cannot break Xubuntu 14.04 on my testing machine. On my production machine (just updated to 14.04) and for the other 3 desktop users that I guided through the piece-of-cake 14.04 installation, the 100% consensus is that Trusty is ready for launch now. IMO, this is the best *buntu infrastructure and XFCE ever. I do realize that there has been a marked quality evolution (up!) since at least 12.04. Other BSD and GNU/Linux distros are reporting similar observations. The various Linux kernel teams are to be complimented for finding the optimal balance between innovation and caution, given the wide spectrum of hardware that they have to deal with. Cheers, Richard P.S. Yes, I did write off the Intel D2550MUD2 motherboard as a lesson learned (research Linux and BSD feedback before buying!). </body> </html>