I tried it, but the Nvidia driver wouldn't work.  I tried to reinstall 
it, but the installer gave an error message saying it couldn't 
continue.  I guess I might have to wait until Next month when they 
release it.

Is there anything keeping me from going to 
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ downloading the kernel 
from there and installing it?

On 09/05/2013 11:06 AM, Jon Kettenhofen wrote:
> For what it's worth, I'm running the 13.10 kernel in puppy slacko 5.6 
> on a Dell Precision 670 with one hyper-threaded CPU and it has 
> virtually "cured" the laggy ills of ubuntu and mint for me.   If  I 
> succeed in compiling original vi, I probably won't go back to the 
> popular distros. The speed is addicting.  Everything works as 
> advertised by Barry Kauler et al.   The learning curve is reasonable 
> and the system apps have friendly annotations.
>
> Jon Kettenhofen
> subs@kexsof.com
>
> On 09/05/2013 03:29 AM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>> I'll backup the current install then try that.
>>
>> On 09/05/2013 12:14 AM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>>> You might try installing the net yet released kubuntu 13.10 on it.  
>>> It's got the 3.11 kernel in it that might have fixed whatever is 
>>> causing the lockups.
>>> I've been running it on a Lenovo T60 for a few weeks with no 
>>> problems at all.
>>>
>>> Brian Cluff
>>>
>>> On 09/04/2013 11:56 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>>>> I've spent the last week going through the kernel parameters for 
>>>> the 3.8
>>>> kernel and trying different options.  So far this beast still locks 
>>>> up.
>>>> I recall several months ago that this beast did not lock up when I 
>>>> tried
>>>> Slackware.  I'm figuring something happens while Kubuntu is booting up
>>>> that doesn't happen when Slackware boots up.  Does anyone know what 
>>>> that
>>>> might be?
>>>>
>>>> I just bought a  Dell inspiron 350 yesterday.  I'm thinking of
>>>> reinfecting this thing with windows and using it only when I need the
>>>> extra processor power.  However I really don't want to do that.  I 
>>>> will
>>>> be ever so thankful if anyone has an answer. Thanks.
>>>> Derek
>>>>
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>>>>
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