Really? I switched to KDE 4 when it hit 4.2 or in my opinion a stable release. Prior to that I was very happy with Gnome 2. To me Gnome 3 and Windows 8 look like they will be at more at home on a tablet or a cell phone but not on my desktop.

I stopped using Ubuntu myself after trying Unity and Gnome 3 but I did put Unity on my wife's computer and she loves it. I was already using openSUSE with KDE4 so I really didn't migrate just stopped using it.

I run Windows for two reasons. First I have to be knowledgeable about the OS because as a technician my customers will more than likely be using it. Second I use it for games. Let's face it Wine is really not that stable and I hate it simply for the reason that it discourages native Linux gaming development. I use openSUSE and Ubuntu as my primary OS though and dual boot only when I absolutly have to.

To me it seems that the new interfaces do not give you as much control. Tweaking Gnome 3, Unity, or KDE4 seems harder than their predecessors and that lack of customization is what is alien to me. Linux is billed as a custom OS I guess that is why their are so many different flavors. When that is taken away you have basically you have something that resembles a Windows environment although I think it's actually easier to customize Windows that any of the desktops mentioned earlier. Perhaps I am jaded or maybe I am just not used to giving up control of my desktop.

It was an app that did not have an icon or put it'self into the menu. So it was a custom launcher. Here is the page. http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand . No on Windows i could just drag and drop. So what the hell. Glad I went to openSuse and KDE4.

My reason for hating Unity is lack of personalization options. To add a shortcut to the bar there was a page explanation of how to do it. Is that your idea of easy shuttleworth?

Two desktops, an Ipad, a PS3, and one Laptop. Not all active at the same time though.

Is that the sound of big brother I hear approaching?

Given the amount of sleep I get and the fact that my wife uses me as a pack animal most of the time I think I will just join them. mmmmmmmm brains.

Nothing like building a new system, so every five years I completely rebuild mine from the ground up along with new accessories and monitor. I miss the day's when I was a system builder plus it's alot of fun.

Oh that is sad. Looks like Yahoo will soon exists only as a memory of Internet culture.

If Gate's was still running the company then I would say no.I am almost certain that the search technology would be absorbed into Bing and it's always good to have a few options in the search world. But now that Balmer's in charge absolutely not. I am sure it would become part of a master plan to bury Google or however he said it. I think Balmer's just f'ing crazy.

Yeah I have one too and it is just 10/100 on the WAN but I have not seen a home router with 10/100/1000 on the WAN not sure they make such a beast.

Yeah I agree that the speed leaves something to be desired but I did not buy this router for that reason. I looked at it as a benefit but like you I was disappointed by the speed and from what I have read your right other routers with similar features are faring no better.

I'll cast my vote for the Asus RT N16 router with the tomato USB firmware. I recently upgraded to this. Before I had a Netgear 3500 with DD-WRT and I can personally tell you the QOS of Tomato is far superior in my experience and replacing the firmware on the router was a breeze. You have to know a little about networking before you jump in and change things though and Tomato information is kinda scarce but a few hours of googling will give some good information. So far this has been the best router I have ever owned and I am loving Tomato. The only downside is it's not 5Ghz though only 2.4.