If the user is trying out Linux and doesn't want to worry about losing settings and data with different distributions? Also, the partitioning would be invisible to the user unless they are fiddling with things, and if they then discover they needed separate partitions, it's easier to have it done already than backing up data and wasting time...

Unfortunately, the old public school system I went to did just that. not kidding. school-name-classroom-IP. for every computer.

I hope IBM won't be working with NSA on this one too!

âoeDiscovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thoughtâ. --Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Fuji brought it back (because of a massive uproar) after changing the formula a little bit. I personally don't like the tones in the new film as much. :\

Oh yea, remember that 2002 or whatever make of The Time Machine? With the fragmented moon? Lets just hope this time it doesn't come crashing down on Earth.

I seem to notice a slight difference-between-DSL-and-cable difference.

I've been running it for a few months now, and haven't had a single issue.

We'll use 4096-bit integers. 4096 ought to be enough for anyone!

Aren't pulsars directional? How would you see the pulsar if it isn't currently flashing in your direction... They have set orbits and would have a plane where they will be invisible. Not that we'll ever get that far as humans, but it does seem like a major show-stopper.

Slashdot ate my [/sarcasm] tag ;)

Ubuntu is linux-based, not Windows. We're not used to rebooting all the time.

Winnerz d0n't do w4rez.

Seriously, for real change in policy, give the man a few months in offic-- oh.

Well, did you try using the Debian installer? Ubuntu is Debian for the most part.
Linux is linux, the different installers usually are the exact same thing wrapped in a package that the local system's package manager can easily install.