My messages come across as though the OS is unstable, but that's not the case. The OS is really stable, but Unity (the UI -- for those that don't know) is not stable on my system. So yes, I've thrown up my arms and given up on this new desktop alternative. 23 days of uptime is significant. It will probably go a year if you leave it. I would love to be able to say the same, but I'm rebooting once a day! My time is pretty valuable to me, and losing time due to software quirks is not cool. Tomorrow morning, I have teleconference meeting. I use SIP for all of my phone calls. If I had been unable to get into my main box, I would have been at a major loss.