Comment 15 for bug 763052

I have experienced problems with the GT240 on both 10.10 AND 11.10 (both 64bit).

On 10.10:
Installed the system from cd; couldn't uninstall nouveau-firmware because it said package is not installed; removed server-xorg-video-nouveau and installed nvidia-current.
Rebooted, couldn't get 3D to work until I uninstalled an re-installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers, rebooted and everything worked perfectly - UNTIL I installed Adobe Flash and tried to play a YouTube video - system completely froze.
Also experienced same as above - constant reboots, not even a 'base-level' keyboard etc.

To be honest im getting just a little bit fed-up with Canonical's antics of the last 2-3 years (apologies if this is an Nvidia issue and not an Ubuntu one) - this six-month release schedule seems to be a bit of an encumbrance: instead of releasing every six months something that is untested and faulty, why not wait a bit longer until more things are sorted:

For example:
Installed 11.10 on my computer because I bought a new SSD - Previously working ATI graphics wouldn’t work and my previously working network card wouldn't work!!!
Thought that Nvidia would be a safer bet, installed a GT240 - ridiculous issues with the system rebooting constantly.

I LOVE Linux, but the driver issues of recent years on Ubuntu are making me really despair - instead of being 100% confident on an install (like in the days of 9.04 for example) I am now almost totally reluctant to want to change a system once it is working.

What is wrong!? Are there fewer devs willing to do the tedious task of driver-coding? Or are Canonical just not bothered about checking things like compatibility of VERY POPULAR RUN-OF-THE-MILL video cards, network cards etc. before releasing. This is basic stuff!! There is nothing rare or uncommon about a GT240! What kind of systems do they test Ubuntu on for pity's sake?