This do sound like OMG something changed. Get off my lawn! Only thing I had to do with my Mint install is workaround some sound issue. Mileage may vary though,

This do sound like OMG something changed. Get off my lawn! Only thing I had to do with my Mint install is workaround some sound issue. Mileage may vary though, and this has been true since day 2. In order to have something work smoother, ie. supporting laptop/tablet usage, something had to change. It's always been annoying but at least you can even recompile the kernel.