It took a long time, but I'm willing to concede defeat now. Ubuntu 9.04 sucks on Dell D430 hardware. Perhaps it was the half-baked release for older hardware. Perhaps it was the decision to go exclusively to open-sourced drivers. Perhaps it was just all the little irks I got tired of dealing with. In the end it doesn't matter. It all added up to wasted time and effort trying to either correct or work around the myriad of problems with video drivers, bluetooth drivers, and other nonesense you shouldn't have to deal with in Ubuntu. After all, it worked nearly flawlessly in 8.10 so why shouldn't it for 9.04? It *is* supposed to be an upgrade after all.
At any rate, I *downgraded* to 8.10 last night. I have to tell you, I missed my perfectly functioning video drivers. I still need to see if I need to reinstall the latest broadcom wireless drivers, but that's in my previous posts.
In the end, I learned that newer isn't always better. I'll take a look at the 10.x release in a year or two. For now, 8.10 is perfect for this machine with this hardware. Stick with what works and works best.
At any rate, I *downgraded* to 8.10 last night. I have to tell you, I missed my perfectly functioning video drivers. I still need to see if I need to reinstall the latest broadcom wireless drivers, but that's in my previous posts.
In the end, I learned that newer isn't always better. I'll take a look at the 10.x release in a year or two. For now, 8.10 is perfect for this machine with this hardware. Stick with what works and works best.
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