Wow, 1KW/*hour*. Does that mean it's drawing more the longer you leave it on? ;)

The real question is: which solution works with the X.org drivers and does not require me to pull in proprietary binary code? My experience is that binary-only graphics cards drivers will blow up sooner or later, or might just stop being ported to newer X.org versions.

You definitely need a chainsaw.

So someone asked his/her 305 facebook friends and called it a study. How representative!

Bad politics is a self-fulfilling prophecy with people like Arif. I tip my hat to him, but his leaving means that the proportion of corrupt assholes up there increases and there is one less person in charge who could actually defend the people vs. capitalism and greed.

What we need is someone on our side who has the breath and the guts to stay up there.

What does it mean when someone is "legion"? Go Slashdot quality!

You think Debian is the worst? Don't use it then. Idiot.

I cannot find any discussions that Shuttleworth would have had with the Debian release team on the release or project lists. I hope he's not just talking to himself or only with those people who are members of the Debian release team and on his payroll.