Ubuntu 10.04 is the best version of Ubuntu Linux so far, but I have a couple problems on my Dell Studio XPS 1340 that could not be resolved before the Ubuntu 10.04 was released.
My laptop has a Intel Wireless WiFi 5100 half height card. I had a problem with it losing connection with a wireless access point using 802.11n. This problem is a known issue with the iwlagn driver, and the best workaround is to disable 802.11n on the card. To disable 802.11n on this card create/edit your /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf file
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf
And add the following to it.
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1 11n_disable50=1
I was also have trouble in the timing between the nvidia driver and GDM loading at boot on my laptop. LP #532436. I have to have cron relaunch GDM at boot for a rough workaround for this problem.
1. sudo vim /etc/crontab and add this line to the end:
@reboot root /root/gdmstart
2. Create the shell script to relaunch GDM
sudo vim /root/gdmstart
with this contents:
#!/bin/bash
sleep 6
/usr/sbin/service gdm start
3. Make script executable.
sudo chmod u+x /root/gdmstart
One other problem I had with this laptop with any version of Linux is not being able to burn CD/DVDs with Linux. The fix was to downgrade the firmware for the HLDS HLDS GS20N 9.5mm Slotload SATA DVD-RW drive to version A108.
What workarounds did you have to tweek to get Ubuntu working on your hardware? Post them here, and be sure to file a bug on your problem if you have not already.
