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After months of complaining since 8.0.4 Ubuntu came out, I can finally say that my system has returned to normal.  It was a rather painful and arduous journey, but one where I learned quite a bit and participated somewhat on the Ubuntu forums.  There still are a few kinks in the system such Flash blocking my Pulse Audio and me being slightly hesitant about moving onto Firefox 3.  However, the most critical issue has been solved: it no longer locks up.

My system is currently fully upgraded with the latest kernel from the repository installed.  Movies no longer jam my system as I simultaneously do some other tasks.  I don't have some things turned on though like Compiz.  While others have sworn by it, I'm keeping away until it reaches a relatively stable version. 

Bottom line for is that what I see isn't bad so far.  No more down time.  Things work quite well.  But definitely when the next version comes out, I'll wait at least 3 months before upgrading.