So I’ve had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well 
I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn’t think I would. I’ve also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:
Desktop – Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate – Uploaded: 1680 MB
As you may have guessed – the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS’s are for 
I’ll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).
As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop…well…I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio ). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this ).
Luckily – I don’t need to use the sound a lot, I’ve been playing my music from my iPhone and it’s dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock 
All in all – I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it’s an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!
In other news – that isn’t worthy of it’s own post – I’m going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it’ll be the first time I’ve ever been, so I’m a little nervous, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. I’ll let you know
jonathan
November 5, 2008 at 14:11
What soundcard you u have?
Joeb454
November 5, 2008 at 14:20
:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
That one
jpv
November 5, 2008 at 16:21
Joeb454: Just open Volume Control (double-click on the sound volume applet) and reduce the PCM level.
Joeb454
November 5, 2008 at 16:59
jpv that worked great thanks
LeAstrale
November 6, 2008 at 06:43
How much do they charge for trafic on the VPS ?
Joeb454
November 6, 2008 at 11:40
I pay $20 a month, which allows me 100GB traffic
LeAstrale
November 6, 2008 at 12:01
Ohh, okay then. Thats not so expensive. On my own server i pay 75 dkkr for 100 Gigs.
bradeuk
January 5, 2009 at 16:23
I have tried Ubuntu as well and here is my review:
http://jedi-star.com/index.php/thumbs-up-for-ubuntu-810/