I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 a week after release of the new Kubuntu. Just like most other Ubuntu flavored Linux users. I was excited. I like what Canonical is doing. When Intrepid released, I heard many good things about the new revamped KDE 4.1. Many of the original 4.0 eye sores and reliability issues were supposedly solved, so I prepared myself for the upgrade.
The time was here to upgrade now. I decided to use the CD upgrade method. From the Konsole, a couple of easy commands started the process. After the update process finished, I immediately booted into KDE4, obviously. I was impressed by how it looked, and I immediately started tinkering. I added a simple clock to my desktop… crash. OK, I was shown a fresh new desktop, just like it came out-of-the-box. I added my most common shortcuts to the kicker bar… crash. Again, new out-of-the-box desktop. Hmm. What is going on. I logged out of X completely, and exited to a console login screen. After I logged back in, i “cd” to my /home/chris/ folder and deleted the .kde and .kde4 folders using rm -r, thinking this should have wiped any previous KDE 3.5 settings. Wrong. Crash after crash still happened.
I have given Kubuntu a solid two weeks of everyday use. I finally gave up. I could not stand the instability any longer.
As of November eighteenth, I downgraded back to Hardy Heron LTS. I plan to use it till the new version of Debian releases, Debian Lenny. I am in desperate want/need of a solid and stable Debian, or Debian based Linux release. Kubuntu Hardy Heron just happens to be the one for now.
