[Tfug] Gutsy vs. Feisty - I'm with Gutsy for most things, BARELY...

[evorrie at comcast.net]

I've been with Gutsy since tribe 3 beta.  I had to because I received a new laptop (Dell Vostro 1700) for work, and video drivers compatible for my card were finally available in tribe 4.  Same goes for my audio.  I had to use the beta alsa driver 1.0.15 to get that working.  Compiz freaks out after getting updates for Compiz.  I would have to comment out 

#T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12"  # intel 965

in the compiz manager wrapper script.

I had a few problems with Evolution at the beginning, but that seems to have gone away.  I kept getting "Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process: No such file or directory".

VMware was also a challenge to get installed, but I was able to get that going as well.

Outside of that I've been really happy.

Eric
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com>
> OK.  There are complaints coming in on Gutsy.  In my case Network
> Manager blew up in my face, had to gut it and put in Wicd.  The
> "automatic xorg.conf utility" should be taken out and shot as it can
> turn your video into an unusable mess until you hand-edit xorg.conf
> again.  I'd like to hear of any other issues.
> 
> On the plus side:
> 
> * Compiz is more stable in Gutsy.  I'm using a laptop with a lowly
> Intel 945 chip and 3D is working MUCH better.  As a bonus, the video
> players like MPlayer appear better "tuned" and able to play with 3D
> enabled.
> 
> * Printer support is improved.  I have one user with an HP deskjet
> that flat would not print on US Letter paper - it was stuck hard on
> Euro-commie A4 :).  Gutsy fixed it cold.
> 
> * BROADCOM WIFI DRIVERS ARE BUILT IN - NO MORE NDISWRAPPER.  A number
> of other WiFi adapters are likewise usable with zero effort that are
> painful in Feisty if possible at all.
> 
> A few early Gutsy issues are already fixed, such as support for
> Sky2/Marvell Ethernet chipsets...for a while I had WiFi working OK but
> Ethernet borked.  How weird is that?
> 
> I see the situation as a bit like Edgy.  Early Edgy drove me to check
> out other distros for a few months, but the grass wasn't greener.  By
> the time I jumped back Edgy was fixed of a number of major issues and
> Feisty was just a sweetheart even in late Alpha, and as somebody
> pointed out in another thread, remains so.  I have a server install
> out there in Feisty that I don't plan on upgrading under Hardy comes
> out with LTS.
> 
> But for most users, I suspect the pluses outweigh the warts.
> 
> Note: the video weirdness is likely because a whole slew of upstream
> xorg stuff wasn't ready yet.  My opinion, they should have stalled
> Gutsy a month or two if it meant picking that stuff up.  As is, Hardy
> will, I believe, kick major amounts of ass if, as is being discussed,
> xorg.conf will be either completely gone or NEVER need editing again
> (true plug'n'play on monitors and cards).
> 
> Other opinions REAL welcome, esp. if they involve Gutsy boobie-traps I
> ain't run into yet...
> 
> Jim
> 
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