Regarding the trackpad, I had a regression going from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 a couple of years back where the trackpad would freeze without fail during the first

Regarding the trackpad, I had a regression going from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 a couple of years back where the trackpad would freeze without fail during the first few minutes after booting. It took a couple of weeks for an update to fix it. The general support level seems to be improving now though.