Comment 173 for bug 625364

Hi Bernt: I recently installed Debian 6.0.2 (Squeeze) on my laptop. I think this distro runs smoothly on this laptop. Exception is the firmware for intel iwlwifi, which must be installed separately (not a big deal). I am using kernel 2.6.38 from squeeze-backports to get rid of "flickering" problem existing in 2.6.32 kernel line. I probably should write a fuller report in ubuntu forums instead of here. I just want to give you some lead if perhaps this would help you too. I love Ubuntu and the efforts made by Canonical to popularize linux. However I am also disappointed that critical issues like this always exist from release to release. Debian seems to pay better attention to stability and reliability for "business"-like uses.