First-World Problems.

The reason we lost the Start menu in the first place is because Microsoft added the Start menu search field, people started using it, and then they cited that according to their research, nobody used the actual menu anymore.

Ergo, if we quietly ignore Metro and don't complain about it, they will probably come to the conclusion that we are now "using" Metro and use that to justify killing off another part of the formerly perfectly-functional desktop.

APK - a Slashdot user without an easily followable login who likes to pop up whenever someone says the name of The File Which Must Not Be Named? ;)

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048263

Linux Mint *is* basically Ubuntu with a different UI...and codecs...or rather, it's Ubuntu with the *original* UI.

Also, using Ubuntu with a different DE means you're still using Ubuntu. The GP specifically stated he didn't want to support what Canonical is doing. While what you're saying may be easier (I myself recently installed both and was surprised to find that it was actually easier in Ubuntu than Mint this time around), that's not what we're talking about here.

You want Good, Fast, *and* Open-Source? How about we add Cheap to that list to make it completely 100% impossible...

Sounds to me like you're complimenting his taste in consumer products ;)

1. The main point of the summary was that they're trial versions, presumably trying to sell you the product/subscription. I don't believe hardly any Ubuntu programs are trying to sell you stuff (other than maybe Ubuntu One, if they're still doing that).

2. J Random Program on Ubuntu is probably easier to uninstall. Just "apt-get uninstall X".

Considering how long there've been rumors about a single-window mode and my never seeing it, I was waiting for somebody to smack me in the face with it. You are apparently that person. Thanks :)

Because God knows GIMP is so easy to use these days...

FTFY. If you're gonna quote a meme...

How the hell does a touchscreen help blind people?

So flip a coin? If my life supposedly isn't any more important than anyone else's, why are you assuming *his* is?

And you conclude this how? MD5/SHA-1? Because that proves a whole lot...just one character different somewhere and it's out the window.

So what decibel is an acceptable "volume" for you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibendum?

Admittedly, referencing a word taken from what appears to be a French advertisement, regardless of the "Americanness" of the product, seems like troubled reasoning when dealing with U.S. English native speakers.