Kernel/Ubuntu------nVidia

Well, seriously i thought i was doomed and was about to install a fresh copy of jaunty on to my Laptop. I was proud before that i had owned a laptop with a nVidia graphic card, but in vain to realize that the linux distros as far as i know Suse ( the worst ever experience ) and Ubuntu ( better than the Bitter ) did not really get along well with the nVidia third party drivers. Jotting down with how i dealt with the situation in the two distros, the first one i had to download the entire kernel source which was like around 200 MB and was like hell to get that much with the current bandwidth at college nonethless i managed to obtain that and the linux/nVidia Drivers from the nVidia site, i had to re-compile the entire kernel source again inorder to get things working on my laptop when i was working with suse, It was a completely different story with ubuntu where apt and synaptic swiftly managed things for me and installing restricted drivers was not really a problem. All i got to do was a few clicks. But lately i have updated my packages to just lose some time invain and suffer with the nVidia Driver thing, I have got my kernel upgraded from 2.6.28.8 to 2.6.28.11 previously i got the source of the .8 kernel but i dont know what happened after the upgrade i lost my source to the .8 and obtained the source for the .11 its then an idea struck my mind to update my kernel every thing went smooth..ha ha i must not let my pride take over me :P kidding

Well in the event of updating i had also downloaded kubuntu desktop environment, its glossy looks as always takes over on any user.. and so let me try it and switch back if not satisfied :)