Ubuntu is still causing breakage according to Ubuntu users on the official ubuntuforums.org poll.

344 people voted
Upgraded = 129 with problems/ 87 without
Clean Install = 72 with problems/ 56 without

View Poll Results: How’s Fiesty working for you?

I upgraded to Feisty and everything is fine. 87 25.29%
I upgraded. Had a few problems (drivers, hardware, etc) but got them fixed. 49 14.24%
I upgraded. Had/Still having a lot of problems 80 23.26%
I did a clean install and everything is fine. 56 16.28%
Did clean install. Had a few problems (drivers, hardware, etc) but got them fixed. 27 7.85%
Did clean install. Had/Still having a lot of problems. 45 13.08%

This is something that plagues Ubuntu every six months with the latest release available. It’s a shame because they are really trying hard to live up to the “ready for the desktop” name and “The Newbie Distro” but it just ain’t happening.

So it appears that Ubuntu isn’t quite as ready as we thought, nor is it newbie friendly. Canonical should have really thought about whether the devs could come up with the goods before the “Newbie Friendly” marketing came into play.

I know a lot of people who have crossed over to Debian Etch now that it has evolved and become very easy to install and setup. The stability of Debian is something that seems a long way away from Ubuntu’s reach.