Unstable!!! Various Leopard issues

I just upgrade my OS from Tiger to Leopard and ever since I did I have been having a host of problems. Im on a G5 with 3gigs of ram and i dont get it.
my computer freezes a lot when I try to perform simple tasks like trying to empty the trash it would freeze and that ball would just keep spinning.
I try to restart my computer sometimes and it would freeze.
I use my mac in a studio and when I try to set the audio output setting to my audio interface it does not stay it jump to another option on its own.
my custom desktop background image goes back to the default screen and I have to re apply the image.
Ive reinstall my OS 10.5 twice and still are having these issues. Did the tech support troubleshooting to no success. I have never had none of these issues with Tiger. Why if leopard is support to be better than the last why all the issues out the gate. can someone help me because I really would hate to go back to tiger after I just purchased leopard

You're not alone. I did a clean install and I'm having problems, too. If we could get the cool new features of Leopard with the reliability of Tiger, there's no question, we'd have the ultimate system.
Tiger was so reliable on my old eMac when my sister had it, the power went off and she couldn't turn it on because she forgot where the power button was. Another big ordeal - once, when a friend was using it, the keyboard and mouse quit responding. The problem? The USB cable came unplugged and the mouse was plugged into the keyboard. .

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    local str=''
    local value=0
    str=string.format('${%s %s}',pt['name'],pt['arg'])
    str=conky_parse(str)
    value=tonumber(str)
    if value == nil then value = 0 end
    pct=value/pt['maxRange']
    ringDrawing(cr,pct,pt)
    end
    if conky_window==nil then return end
    local cs=cairo_xlib_surface_create(conky_window.display,conky_window.drawable,conky_window.visual, conky_window.width,conky_window.height)
    local cr=cairo_create(cs)
    local updates=conky_parse('${updates}')
    update_num=tonumber(updates)
    if update_num>5 then
    for i in pairs(settings) do
    setup_rings(cr,settings[i])
    end
    end
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    end
    --now this one is rather esoterically named, I couldn't think of a better name (and thus kept the original naming)
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    local function rgbToRGB(color,alpha)
    return ((color / 0x10000) % 0x100) / 255., ((color / 0x100) % 0x100) / 255., (color % 0x100) / 255., alpha
    end
    local function draw_ring(pct)
    local angle_0=sa*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local angle_f=ea*(2*math.pi/360)-math.pi/2
    local pct_arc=pct*(angle_f-angle_0)
    -- Draw background ring
    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,r,angle_0,angle_f)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgbToRGB(bgc,bga))
    cairo_set_line_width(cr,t)
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    -- Draw indicator ring
    cairo_arc(cr,xc,yc,r,angle_0,angle_0+pct_arc)
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr,rgbToRGB(fgc,fga))
    cairo_stroke(cr)
    end
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    local str = ''
    local value = 0
    str = string.format('${%s %s}', name, arg)
    str = conky_parse(str)
    value = tonumber(str)
    if value == nil then value = 0 end
    pct = value/maxRange
    ringDrawing(pct)
    end
    local updates=conky_parse('${updates}')
    update_num=tonumber(updates)
    if update_num>5 then ringSetup() end
    end
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    Oh and if anyone can find why the terminal spews
    Conky: unknown variable
    at me that would be most appreciated, I can't find the cause for this myself.
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    I do apologize for the messy looking lua script, it's still wip

    Rexilion wrote:I usually get what I want by playing with the own_window parameters. I have no exact idea what they do, but the rule is that once I switch wm they have to change as well.
    Sorry, no-can-do. I've tried every last window type, results:
    normal - works as expected (obviously aside from aforementioned issues)
    desktop - log indicates that it's drawing to root window¹, nothing shows up on desktop.
    override - log indicates that it's drawing to root window¹, nothing shows up on desktop
    dock - works as expected (obviously aside from aforementioned issues)
    panel - works as expected (obviously aside from aforementioned issues)
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    Conky: window type - desktop/override
    Conky: drawing to created window (0x3e00002)
    Conky: drawing to double buffer
    Conky: unknown variable
    ²Conky: desktop window (7e) is root window
    Conky: drawing to desktop window
    Conky: drawing to double buffer
    Conky: unknown variable
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