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Ubuntu has achieved the popularity based on reliability and ease of use.  I have chronicled some uprade problems with Ubuntu in the past.  

 

I recently found myself in mad position to put together a quick computer.  My trusty laptop got smushed.  I pulled out some parts I had stored for just such an emergency. I knew I would be dual booting so that I am able to stream Netflix.  

 

The computer has a gig of RAM, an ASUS motherboard, an ATI video card and a Celeron D processor.  This is not a screaming system, but more than adequate for XP and most Linux systems.

 

The XP sat up and runs fine.   XP is a 9 year old system so this hardware was a breeze.  Ubuntu is utilizing their new interface Unity.  The Unity interface was pokey on thie system.  I rebooted into the classic Gnome interface and the system runs quicker.

 

Sometimes problems with a system are obvious, and other times they are not so obvious.  When windows Vista was being tested, I had a bad feeling while using it.  It might have been the feeling that it was just not ready to use.   I get that same feeling with this version of Ubuntu.  The stability and reliability seemed to regress with this version.

 

Unity might have been a way to demonstrate that Ubuntu is different.  The goal should be to demonstrate that the product is better.  That was not proven here.