Not quite correct. I was using v. 10.04 when the problems began following, if
you remember, a couple of updates downloads. I had had issues with Lucid before
and had considered going back to Karmic because I felt it was more stable. As I
moved up through the various upgrades, I had few problems until 10.04.

I'm the prexy of our community's computer club (all they needed was a warm body
to run the meetings, not expertise) and had been pushing U for converts. At this
point, I'm keeping quiet.

I'm back at 9.04 'cause I've done only one update since doing the cold-turkey
re-install from the Live CD I got from Canonical back when. (I subsequently
updated primarily to get rid of that hideous skull-like desktop on 8.10. Or was
it the satin from a coffee cup?)