I'd say just from a user experience point of view, it's easier to get things done on.

An example I always cite is the windows Control Panel. It's just a mess, because everything is a relic of older versions. Things like Font Smoothing could easily be moved under "Appearance" like ubuntu does.

It just seems infinitely better organised. Programs are organised by function, not company name. A lot of useful applications are pre-installed. CD Burners, editors, graphics software, office apps, etc.

Secondly applications are easier to install for 99% of apps "regular" users want. Add/Remove programs is very simple.

Why does linux fall down on intuitive design? One need only compare the Windows "Control Panel" and the Ubuntu "System" menus and see how better organised linux is. The design is a thousand times more intuitive to new users

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR

I'm in the same position. All it did was stop Skype from working and fuck with flash. I had to killall firefox after watching videos in order to get sound working in other apps. Annoying as hell.

I just put a "killall pulseaudio" in my startup script, as removing pulseaudio actually removes ubuntu-desktop :|

That's absurd. I hope he realises that his frivolous attempts to cling to life are a net loss for everyone else, in terms of the medical costs and such. Totally undignified. Sorry man, but he sounds like an arsehole :/

Not to be patronizing, but you're also describing Linux...

Ah, thanks :)

MySQL ships with Ubuntu? Since when? I've always had to install it myself :/

I used to feel the same way, but mainstream hip hop (which is probably all you've experienced) is as bad as mainstream rock. It's shit. Very rarely do the unwashed masses have any taste in these things.

However, I suggest you grab Cannibal Ox's "The Cold Vein". I really couldn't stand Hip Hop until I got into that album. The instrumentation is absolutely fantastic, and the lyrics are very clever and make use of irony and all that jazz you don't see in tv-friendly hip hop. The final verse of Iron Galaxy especially is amazing. The lyrics are wonderful, the delivery is perfect, etc etc.

I come from a rock background myself. I play guitar in a metal band. But I was kidding myself when I thought Hip Hop was some kind of exception and didn't have the sliding scale of musicianship that other genres possessed.

:( that's the most upsetting comment I've ever read.

I personally emailed him to thank his careful and considered approach. May I recommend others do the same? clicky

Well, yeah. Someone who denies that the globe is warming is indeed a global warming denier. Just like someone who builds bridges is a bridge builder.

Don't try and bring PC into this. Political Correctness has not "gone mad". "Political correctness has gone mad" has gone mad. We don't all read The Sun and The Daily Mail you know. I thought a /.r would know a little better than to breathe nazi rag bullshit all over us.

I have like ~1,000 albums downloaded. Would I have the money to buy 1,000 albums? Hell no. Not unless I sold all my possessions.

Download != Lost Sale

Apple doesn't have a monopoly in the OS market. That's the whole point of anti-trust - it's stopping companies that have a monopoly in one area from gaining leverage in another market. Microsoft stops OEMs from bundling other software and IE is near impossible to remove without 3rd party tools. It's unfair. Apple's strategy isn't, because they compete on a level playing field.

I'd say that the vast majority of systems MUST have worked right for the ships to have entered space in the first place, let alone docked and re-entered. Wuthell!