I'd been getting more and more annoyed with some bugs in Xubuntu 8.04 ( Hardy Heron ), particularly with USB drives being detected twice and my DVD+RW drive not working correctly. I also had occasional problems with wireless not detecting the access point, or if it did, it didn't connect properly using WPA (although, WEP was usually fine).
They weren't major bugs, but they were annoying. I'd also realised that I hadn't used my Ubuntu 8.04 partition since I installed it. So, a week ago, I made the jump to Xubuntu 8.10 ( Intrepid Ibex ), completely repartitioning the drive and having solely 8.10.
To say I'm impressed would be an understatement. I'm also glad that I upgraded my Nvidia card a while ago, since previous nvidia cards aren't supported under the 8.10 kernel (2.7.1.27), so they regress to the "nv" driver which doesn't support 3D acceleration. Fortunately, I don't have any of those problems.
So, let's run through the checklist :
1. USB drive(s) detected correctly? check.
2. DVD drive(s) detected correctly? check.
3. Wireless functionality working? check.
3. Anything else that was annoying me with 8.04 fixed? check.
Astonishing. The speed increase of 8.10 is also breathtaking. It won't be long, and more and more people will be on Linux, and at that point, the world will be a better place.
