Just an observation; I use Radeon and have never had issues with 
Xubuntu, although I did once have an Nvidia card, an old 880GTX and it 
gave me headaches. Now I have a great radeon card Xubuntu dances and 
sings like a canary ;)

On 30/04/2015 00:34, graingert wrote:
> Let's not this become a troll thread linked to from Hacker News.
> On 30 Apr 2015 12:31 am, "dave wallace" <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Get rid of that Nvidia crap and install a radeon instead ;)
>>
>> On 29/04/2015 22:34, teo1978 wrote:
>>> WHY the hell is this marked as fixed in all  packages??
>>>
>>> I have Ubuntu 14.04 and the issue is NOT fixed.
>>> Every now and then, while getting automatic updates, something
>> nvidia-related crashes.
>>> I don't know if it is when the kernel is updated, or what.
>>>
>>> 14.04 is LTS, which means that if it has been fixed for more recent
>>> ubuntu versions, the fix MUST be backported, no matter how. Until then
>>> this cannot be considered fixed.
>>>
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>> duplicate bug report (1411195).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257
>>
>> Title:
>>    nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module
>>    failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such
>>    file"
>>
>> Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
>>    Fix Released
>>
>> Bug description:
>>    **WARNING:** This bug has been widely reported and has *many*
>>    automatic subscribers. Please be considerate.
>>
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>>
>>    ---
>>
>>    This seems to fix it (at least for one version upgrade) for many
>>    people
>>
>>    $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331
>>
>>    after that...
>>
>>    $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331-uvm
>>
>>    (some users may be on the versions of these packages suffixed with
>>    -updates )
>>
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>>    ----
>>
>>    Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2
>>    Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed.
>>
>>    ProblemType: Package
>>    DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>>    Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9
>>    ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
>>    Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
>>    ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
>>    Architecture: amd64
>>    DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic
>>    Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014
>>    InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago)
>>    InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
>> (20131016.1)
>>    PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9
>>    SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
>>    Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel
>> module failed to build
>>    UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago)
>>
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