Review by G. Stanfill

There is a widespread problem with EXTREMELY slow wireless networking on this release. Download rates may not even reach 10 % of what other operating systems can provide. Many users also report slow wired networking.

Canonical has basically blown this problem off, apparently you’re supposed to go to the Ubuntu forums and dig through the huge mound of material there, and spend your free time solving their problems.

Unfortunately, this is just more proof that Ubuntu and Linux are just not ready for prime time. When you have a MAJOR bug and you just blow it off, well, you don’t deserve to stay in business. (Maybe Microsoft can get away with this, but nobody else can.)nnI’m going to reinstall an old copy of Win 2000, at least the networking is functional. I really dislike Windows and Microsoft, and was hoping that Ubuntu really is the wave of the future. But the fact that 7.10 was released despite months of reports of this exact problem, and their attitude towards the whole issue, says that it’s just not a winner.

I have hobbies, and none of them are Linux. If you don’t want another hobby, I suggest that you look elsewhere.

UPDATE: The wireless problem is fixed, and it now works quite well. The latest release is even better. Now highly recommended.