Ubuntu Intrepid

[Andrew Mathenge]

Without the proprietary drivers you're missing out on the eye-candy.

Is your screen resolution good? Does the screen display look decent?

Andrew.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Andy Boersma <andy at boersma.ca> wrote:
> Hi Andrew
>
> Working fine, actually I'd say faster, but like you. I do have an nVidia
> driver problem.
> I just run for now without the "proprietary" drivers.
>
> Other then that I have no complaints.
>
> Andy
>
>
> Andrew Mathenge wrote:
>> I upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid over the weekend and I'm going
>> back to Hardy. For one thing, the nVidia drivers in Intrepid are not
>> stable. I keep loosing my title bars and video playback is choppy.
>>
>> There are some minor cosmetic changes to the menu which aren't
>> that appealing.
>>
>> My Hardy system was very stable except for Firefox which would
>> crash and disappear without warning from time to time. I also had
>> problems with Synaptic which solved themselves over time.
>>
>> Perhaps the problems that I'm having with Intrepid will eventually
>> go away, but since Hardy is a long term support release I think
>> I can wait a few more months before trying this again.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's a way to backup customisations that
>> I've made to various parts of my system or will I have to manually
>> re-do them? For example, I've added applications to the panel along
>> the top of my GNOME screen and customised the way they
>> launch.
>>
>> My system is a Dell Latitude D620.
>>
>> I'd be curious to hear about other's upgrade experience.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>>
>
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