I have been using Ultimate Edition since version 3.0 and have been generally happy with it. However, I just recently had to purchase a new laptop and things have gone south rather quickly. In short, Ultimate Edition 3.4 LTS on this laptop has been a charlie foxtrot from the get-go. Multiple issues with icons going AWOL from the panel, to losing the weather function, to Compiz crashing every time I try to use it. Metacity is the only mode that is stable. Even Cinnamon can't be run on this system. Additionally, wifi is iffy at best. It won't even connect to my home system. Go figure.
I never should have deleted the Win 8 OS; at least Windows seems to run universally.
Laptop is a Lenovo with a AMD quad core processor, ATI Radeon graphics (8600 HD (?)), Broadcom networking.
Any suggestions other than going back to MS OS?