The plural form of "anecdote" is not "data".

That said, the poll stating that less than 40% of people were successfully able to upgrade isn't totally accurate either. It's a self-selected sample.

Why?

Serious problems with the most widely-used Linux distribution isn't "news for nerds"?

My first Linux was Gentoo (stage 1 install)... if I didn't have an irrational desire to learn Linux, I would have definitely given up after the first day of trying to get it to install. I was mesmerized by the command line, though.

It is kind of ridiculous that so much stuff is still broken out of the box on modern Linux distros. It's also ridiculous how it's also apparently the fault of the end users themselves.

By "bleeding edge versions of Ubuntu" you mean "bleeding edge versions of Debian Unstable", right?

I'll remain with Debian Stable for all my machines for now.

Usage of TCP in a game is odd. Most (all?) modern games use UDP which, while not guaranteed to be delivered, doesn't have a round-trip time associated with it.

TCP should only be used in situations where packetloss is unacceptable (downloading game updates, sending credentials to a server, etc.) and not where only simple updates are happening (firing your gun, ordering a unit to move, etc.).