Author: Ritchie Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Which distro next?
>> Has anyone upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid yet? I'll be interested to
>> know how it went.
>>
>>
> I upgraded to the RC on my desktop/server a few days ago. I had some
> issues with network-manager due to a prior fix on
> /etc/network/interfaces but managed to isolate the problem eventually.
>
> There doesn't seem an awful lot of difference; a few gui changes and
> integration of pidgin into the 'user switch' ment (I'm not sure about
> this!!).
> AWN has gone sketchy again, things aren't compositing properly (white
> areas).
> Conky has decided it will only now display half the output of one of my
> scripts...
>
> Noticeable improvements certainly around Flash (fullscreen framerate is
> much improved, and I was having some serious "grey box" issues on firefox).
> I'm yet to play with the encrypted folders yet. I have a trip to the US
> in a week or so and I don't want to give them excuse to confiscate my
> laptop - so I shall await until my return!
>
> I'm just upgrading the laptop as we speak. Apparently I've got about 22
> mins remaining on the install :) everything appears well so far.
>
> Charlie
>
> Well, I haven't heard any horror stories yet so I may just go for the
upgrade and see what happens!
