Problems with upgrade and some solutions

[wil]

Totem's hue setting is always 0 and changing it does not save the settings - FIX used Totem-Xine and un-install totem-gstreamer
USB keyboard does not work - FIX: upgraded BIOS and reset it using default settings
restricted Nvidia driver does not work - FIX: manually un-install the old driver, then activate restricted driver.
Firefox middle mouse button behavior not working - auto-magically fixed itself
USB mouse pointer and clicking location out of sync (desktop seems to be hanging) - auto-magically fixed itself.
Unable to add new users, only the group gets added - still a problem
Open office has weird illegible fonts - FIX: Install Liberation Fonts
Cracking sound - FIX: do not put sound to maximum volume
Samsung ML-1520 printer prints with artifacts on the left side of page - FIX change driver to Samsung ML-1520 Footmatic/gdi [en]
Shutdown black screen and very slow maybe acpi problem - still a problem


I guess I still have some days of fiddling before everything is smoothed out.

I also want to try a fresh/new install - but am unable to boot from SATA DVD drive.

Part of the fun is fixing teething problems like this, just a matter of time ... before I discover some more problems and solutions!

I appreciate that putting a distro together like Ubuntu is a hugely challenging and complex task, so thanks Ubuntu for your gift. :)