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Try out another distro if you want to stay on Linux but are tired of Ubuntu, there are hundreds of them.
the first one was the one built into his computer. if they both happened during the Ubuntu install, (while extremely unlikely) it is possible that Ubuntu was responsible for the issues.
The problem with X party blocked X bill that would have prevented X is that yes the bill probably would have worked great, buuuttt they put XYZDCBG in said bill as an attempt to sneak things in that tend to be completely unrelated to the original bills intent. It sucks because if they would just do a single thing they could probably get something done...