Comment 1688 for bug 1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1683
 [quote]This seems to be related to the nvidia proprietary driver which is not open source and not fixable.
But why the heck is Canonical making their primary desktop environment dependent to proprietary graphics drivers? And why are other desktop environments working smoothly with the proprietary drivers? [/quote]

Exactly, running 10.04 on an 3 years old desktop. I love it. Today i thought, i give 12.04 a try. 5 minutes, and it hang. I have Nvidia hardware like so many people in the world.
I prefer a desktop which works, I prefer a computer which runs, and which with every update i don't need to buy a new computer. Why not make the LTS available for 5 or even 8 years. Windows is also still supporting xp, aren they?