Been running the beta for a month or so and have to say I have not had many problems. For the most part everything has been enjoyable.<p>Running on a laptop with external monitor (as dual monitor). No major problems with the graphics or wifi or anything else.
It's worth noting that this is the first LTS release since 6.06, and thus the first release of Ubuntu in a few years that is sane to run on servers. The LTS server releases are supported for five years, as opposed to 18 months for non-LTS releases. A five year support lifecycle is awesome (and means that LTS Ubuntu releases are comparable to RHEL/CentOS and Debian for server usage).
Ive been running the beta for a while, its been really nice, my compiz hasnt worked until this release, and it also fixed my printer etc etc.<p>It also plays a preview of mp3s you mouseover in the filebrowser, not a big feature, but I liked it
I just finished getting all the drivers up and working on a 7.1 install. I'm kind of scared of starting all over again with wifi, video, sound, etc. I like 7.1, don't know if the upgrade is worth it.
I've been running the beta for over a month now and look forward to the final upgrade. I did had one issue with the -12 through -15 kernels which rendered my Intel sound card unusable. A bulk update 2 weeks ago fixed that.
Why does Ubuntu provide a server edition in addition to their desktop edition? It would seem a natural fit to leave servers to Debian and focus their own efforts on delivering the best desktop experience possible.
I might finally make the switch and use it as a desktop. My main concern is that wpa support still might suck for linux.<p>I'll wait a little bit until I hear more good reviews.