On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote: > I wouldn't generalize based on your experience because Mint hasn't > become a very popular distribution by being broken. Same goes for > Ubuntu. I don't have to generalize, I go to the forums and see all the issues -- often the same issues I'm having when I upgrade. What's frustrating about it is that, usually, there are no solutions. You often get the same advice I used to get when running Windows... "upgrade your hardware." I often wonder if these Ubuntu issues are why Linux hasn't been more widely adopted on the Desktop. A lot of people come to Linux via Ubuntu. If an upgrade kills the video driver -- or the sound quits working -- or it doesn't even boot anymore, then their impression of Ubuntu (which many equate with "Linux") is not going to be too good. Ubuntu is cutting edge, kind of like Fedora. I don't use Fedora because I prefer stability over cutting edge features. I choose CentOS over Ubuntu/Mint for the same reason I chose it over Fedora several years ago. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6