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These annoyances don't seem to be all that critical. I haven't been able to use my wireless card on Gutsy since I installed it several months ago.

Last night, I upgraded to Heron and voila, my wireless card is recognized and functional.

Annoyances aside, making Ubuntu's very broken wireless driver support a little less broken makes installing Heron much more appealing than previous versions.

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Funny, I had quite the opposite problem. I installed Gutsy and my wireless card worked out of the box, no config needed. But right after upgrading to Hardy, Ubuntu didn't recognize my wireless card.

I agree with the article; Hardy isn't quite ready for prime time.

It's funny how people are so eager to generalize from "my wireless card didn't work on Gutsy out of the box" to "Ubuntu [has] very broken wireless driver support".

My generalization stems from the number of comments with peers and countless internet searches for fixes.

In the case of peers, wireless card support was a common complaint.

In the case of searching, looking around the forums will give you a pretty good idea that wireless card support is pretty bad. I bought a standard Belkin wireless card from the local Staples. It should have worked, but didn't.

Yes, I think it's pretty broken.

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