Farewell, Ubuntu

[Ralph Janke]

Andrew Mathenge wrote:
> Fast forward to today. Linux has come a long way. Ubuntu, about four
> or five years old has done remarkably well against competitors that
> where there at least a decade before. However, I also installed 8.04
> on top of 7.10 and was crying for a couple of days before I stripped
> everything out and did a clean install of 8.04. Even that didn't solve
> some graphics problems with my nvidia card. The wireless setup was
> another issue. I have an Acer x64 for which wireless doesn't work at
> all, neither the 32-bit nor the 64-bit distribution.
>
>   
There was in the beginning a problem with the nvidia proprietary
driver. In the meantime there is a fix for that. I am not sure if it was
backported but it is on one of the ppas. I can have a look for it if
you need it.

- Ralph