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[Braden Walters <meoblast@xxxxxxx>]

My upgrade problem was based on the fact that most Ubuntu users don't
upgrade with the alternate install CD so it's not made easy to do. I had
just downloaded it for 2 hours and then popped it in and got ready to
install and it said 2 hours 45 minutes remaining. The problem was that
it was trying to download all upgrades instead of getting most of them
off the disk (which would have limited it to 45 minutes). I had told it
to use the disk and the Internet but it appears Ubuntu didn't do that.
nVidia on the other hand is due to an incompatibility with the new Xorg
used in Ubuntu as nVidia has not yet implemented it's API into their
proprietary drivers. Here's a forums post on how to do the mod.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1026512 It's quite easy for
someone who knows their way around computers like us but for new users,
they'd probably give up.

On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 13:13 -0700, Kevin Litchholt wrote:
> Wow I've been using it since the release candidate and haven't had any
> problems.  I was actually pretty impressed because usually i would run
> into b43 wireless problems or ati and compiz problems.  But i cant
> speak from a nvidia side but nvidia used to have the advantage as far
> as easy to configure goes.    
> 
> Would like to figure out what problems your having though for future
> reference of installing.  So far i have it installed on my Dell
> Inspiron E1705 and my MSI wind without any issues. 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Braden Walters <meoblast@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>         Ok, not to be a total downer, but Ubuntu 9.04 was a crash in
>         burn if
>         I've ever seen one. Within less than 24 hours of upgrading
>         I've already
>         experienced multiple problems. A) The system wouldn't update
>         properly
>         from the CD so my upgrade failed. B) nVidia drivers didn't
>         work without
>         modifications. I feel sorry for the Ubuntu noobs trying to
>         figure the
>         nVidia mod out. Guess I should have waited a few weeks before
>         upgrading.
>         
>         
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