fresh install of 8.1, I moved to 8.1 because 8.1 wireless handels low signal strength better than 8.04 using Zydas chip-set zd1211rw USB adapter. I have no complaints about 8.1. Fresh install went smoothly. I have not updated and do not plan to at this time. I'm posting this from Northern Nevada.
cheers
8.10 works great for me, down here in southern nevada. I'm completely up-to-date with my updates, I love Ubuntu. It gets a little better every release.
Yarly!
I'm in the north too (Reno); been using 8.10 since Alpha 2 and it has worked pretty well for me overall, and exceptionally well from the Beta onward (as it should!). I've got it running on my laptop (upgraded from 7.04 -> 7.10 -> 8.04 -> 8.10 over time) and on my main desktop at home. It seems to be pretty solid for me and a lot of things now 'just work' (like suspend/hibernate on my laptop).
-David C. Uhrig
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