[Atrix 4G General] Drakonas:
I'm a bit insulted, but I don't blame you. Many n00bs are on these forums. I've spent the last 9+ years of my teens and early 20's learning the in's and out's of technology. I'm a freelance IT Support Specialist, and I have been told that I am very good at what I do.

A note before reading the rest of this post: I am ranting. I am also asking for rational conversation however, not people that will get angry with me.

Yes, I do understand the idea of "alpha". But what doesn't make sense to me is CM9 with 3.1.10 kernel is perfectly usable for me (I'm an IT support specialist, so I know how to manage problems), and yet it's still called an alpha. Why is CM10.1 being called a release (albeit) when it doesn't even boot properly for me? Screen tearing/flickering is a common issue for JB users, on all devices. How could I seem to be the only one with this problem? The kernel claims to have most things fixed in regards to the needed components. So why can't I even get the rom to get past the login screen, or in some cases get wifi working when the screen doesn't tear? (These are all rhetorical questions)

What bothers me is the CM10.1 was last updated 7-20, and most people reported it was working beautifully. Smart Light rom was reported that it had much better performance and battery, even! Then why, when I try to use it, does it just simply...die?

Also, everything seems to keep me from building the kernel regardless. I just tried following the step-by-step guide and the linaro.zip seems to be broken, even after re-downloading 3 times. (I posted in that thread)

What makes me mad, personally, is a lot of people within the last few hours have reported working kernels for them. For the love of God, why don't you upload them then?

You can see how much I want this, and I apologize for ranting, but my personality is the type to be very persistent...to the point of pulling my hair out if I can't find a workaround that works.

I have tried...everything. There is nothing I can do right now but go back to CM9 (and be bored of the same-old stuff, without Google Now or Action Launcher's Shutters feature, or the prettiness of the fonts and extra features for the apps I use) or CM7 (which would be horrendous for me after being so used to all the niceties of apps that are explicitly for ICS+), or wait for someone to be sensible and upload their usable build.

I hope I don't make you rant back at me, but I have reached my limit. I don't mean to sound mad. Do I not have a logical request?: That I would like to have a CM10.1 I can use that has all (or even just most of the) features working that are reported working in the 3.1.10 kernel "completed" FAQ? It seems to me that that faq needs a little work, because the completed section makes it seem like everything is working besides Atrix specific features and the camera problems. (which I am not asking for)

Maybe a separate FAQ is in order for the two builds (ICS and JB), now that they have publicly split?

Not even the kernels that come with Epinter's or 3n3rg1c's CM10.1 roms work for me! This is madness! And I swear this is going to be Sparta if I don't get an at least usable kernel soon... lol