Ubuntu Intrepid

[Andy Boersma]

sorry, version 177 not 377

Andrew Mathenge wrote:
> 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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