Comment 28 for bug 449910

Strange... I had problems with Gnome panel on two machines. Tried to re-install Ubuntu but still, suddenly the panel went completely or partially blank after reboot.
However, somewhere in mid of february the problem was gone.
I have also tried two Ubuntu derivates: Mint. I didn´t like it, KDE seems unstable in some situations and programs are several clicks further away than in Gnome.
Super OS: A standard Ubuntu 9.10 (Both KDE and Gnome, Gnome is default) with a few extra archives already in place, multimedia codecs installed along with VLC, RealPlayer, Thunderbird, Skype, aMSN, Google Earth, Moonlight, Wine... and some other software I normally install after an Ubuntu install anyways. A real time-saver for me.
And, which is why I write about it: No problem with Gnome Panel whatsoever.