Have to say that I've had no problems with Hardy on a laptop and two desktops and think it's wrong to offer your experiences as a warning to others where the majority perhaps don't share your problems.
Restricted drivers worked fine for me. Multimedia codecs work very well. Package management seems concrete... Head over to ubuntu forums and gauge your experiences against the masses.
The release as of last week is final, not a release candidate.
Restricted drivers worked fine for me. Multimedia codecs work very well. Package management seems concrete... Head over to ubuntu forums and gauge your experiences against the masses.

The release as of last week is final, not a release candidate.