So I installed the Stable version instead. Mixed results. Overall, the experience is better. Apps start more quickly and the interface looks more "polished", albeit a bit "dull".
I was able to connect over SMB to my NAS and play movies in DVD resolution as well as 720p, using mplayer. 1080p was a bit too much, but it almost worked too.
I have two new problems though, that I didn't have with the beta version:
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I can't find a single browser that works for all sites that I normally visit. My preferred news-site is "omni.se" and either the content is displayed wierdly with big pictures and no "fold-out" functionality on the articles (Chrome does this), or is not displayed at all (Firefox). I also downloaded a bunch of other browsers, but none of the worked with this site, and Chromium didn't work at all! With regards to playing youtube videos, I could get Chrome to do this but only at low res.
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My networked printer (a HP Color Laserjet M477 mfp) doen't seem to have drivers for it in this distribution. It does in the beta version and in all other distributions I have tried. Don't know how to solve this problem.
I can live without having the ability to print, but the netbook is almost useless without a fully functional browser. Is there a way to install a more modern version of a browser than those included in the default repo?
Thanks!