Re: I'd love to upgrade
> it's just that last 10% that's really irking the cr@p out of me.
Bingo. The pre-installed stuff and common packages in the major distros work perfectly, which lulls you into a false sense of security. When you try to go off script, that thin veneer of civilization can suddenly be stripped away.
Windows is no picnic, as we all know, but the universe of common and well-supported hardware and software is larger.