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        <title><![CDATA[They could just have waited]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They could just have waited, and keep GNOME2 as it was. soon there is 12.10 And Unity still had a long way to go.... I gave unity a fair chance, maybe it is nice on a tablet, but on a desktop i don't like it]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emenau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Clouds and Privacy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As long as the privacy in the clouds is flawed, cloud are better avoided...Why lock people to a cloud? And push their privacy onto a server?And all without any warning.Apps that connect to a cloud should never be default.Sure i also use cloud stuff, but I don't want my pc to access any cloud by default at boot time.   In this case a windows style pop up &quot;YOUR PRIVACY IS NOW BEING UNDERMINED, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?&quot; would be nice to raise some user awareness.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emenau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:29:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Web services integration is key / Good coverage of upcoming changes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[12.10 puts Ubuntu ahead of OS X and Windows usability-wise with the integration of cloud services into Unity. Successfully bridging the gap between cloud-based apps and desktop ones is a benchmark of a progressive OS.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[justin_freid]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:18:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[changing without options]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What bit Unity is that at the same time Ubuntu couldn't provide the older Gnome without throwing some resources at it because Gnome wasn't supporting the old Gnome (2).If Unity and Gnome-shell were staggered then they could have provided a &quot;safe haven&quot; for users when the other took its turn to change.Instead you had the choice of Unity or ... Gnome-shell!  Either way things were fundamentally changed and neither were particularly grand.Unity has come along further, in my opinion, than Gnome-shell but they both still have a ways to go.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hometoy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:27:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[user friendly in what way?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If Unity is user friendly or not is another thing then if Ubuntu is user friendlyUnity is a personal thingBut when Ubuntu makes a big change without giving the users a good option to stay up to date with a workable desktop. that's NOT user friendly. That is forcing something that shouldn't be forced.Starting an application in unity is for most people not a problem, but multistasking between apps is not intuitive in Unity. And besides all this, i don't see the problem in copying Apple (or Microsoft), they are the ones who started to copy EVERYTHING they wanted to have.  And never improved things, they only put on some make-up and never fixed anything that should be fixed. So just don't copy the code.. An Ubuntu killer I can't see either, but Ubuntu amputating parts of itself that's almost suicide...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emenau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:43:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[many have tried]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A while back, PCLinuxOS was the &quot;Ubuntu-killer&quot;.  Currently Mint is enjoying that position.  But have all of these distributions mentioned how they are going to handle UEFI, or are they going to wait and see what they can glean off the upstreams?I use Unity and while many original views, including mine, was that it was built for tablets the more I use it the more I realize it is not quite that usable yet.  There is too much reliance upon the keyboard.How to do you open an application that isn't on the quick launch dock?  You click the logo and type the name of it in the dash!  It is not as conducive to &quot;browsing&quot; for the application.  And what about HUD's keyboard reliance?Being suitable for a tablet means more than using big icons and Gnome-shell has the same issues as Unity when it comes to touch capabilities.  KDE is the closest with the Plasma Active desktop (currently being used on the Vivaldi tablet on sale now).Unless they suddenly jump to copying the iOS/Android interface (a bad move all around), I don't see them making it to a tablet without some significant improvements.But I also don't see them going anywhere to an &quot;Ubuntu-killer&quot; anytime soon either.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hometoy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:57:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ZorinOS another option]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have both SolusOS and ZorinOS installed in VMs. Both are neat (and still have a couple of glitches to work out). I also installed Mate 1.4 in a Mint VM and that looks pretty good too. I think as more and more Ubuntu Desktop users discover, at least, these three options, Ubuntu will die a slow death unless Canonical comes up with its  own tablet H/W.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Filter]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The thing is, why force the **** by default into an OS, it's JUST AN OSOS= Operating Systembut all that mainstream 'news/fear' is NOT Operating it's more like a brainwash...Mainstream news is not really news. it is biassed 'stuff' And biassed stuff should not be on any desktop by default.   Sure everyone should be free to add it to the desktop. But it should not be forced on there.In other words don't put it on there by default and 'let people at least choose what brainwash program they want' (IF they want it.)In windows it was always spending days to reconfigure until it was usable, and in this UnityBuntu it is going to look like the next upgrade we need to reserve several days to make it usable AND remove the brainwash program.If this is the route Ubuntu takes then the Human aspect of 'UBUNTU' (does anyone remember the meaning of the word?) is LOST.I'm all for Ubuntu, but they really need to rethink their self proclaimed 'humanity'. It should not be my task to filter and ignore all the 'spam' they throw at me.It's  up to me to point and click the stuff I do want WHEN I want it, and until then don't bother me wit ANY news.  News is not progression. It's only news.. News is filtered stuff by biassed people why attach their ego to 'something' that makes them feel important.  If you realise that the next time you read 'news' then you might be able to feel  your perception of 'news' change.It's one way traffic, they decide what you 'want to know' Ok I can't filter, and you can't think for yourself. Is that what you wanted to hear?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emenau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:10:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have to wait to use 12.10 before my mind is made up.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use 12.04 LTS now, as a secondary OS to Windows. I am waiting for 12.10 to try it out and see if I like it. I do like Unity and also Gnome 2.6/3.0. Not a fan of KDE that much. Though I am NOT going to buy Windows 8, even though the upgrade is only $40.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tenchidbz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:43:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Total Agreement....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's similar to when you move far, FAR away from &quot;the city&quot; to live a nice quiet, country-styl life, only to discover that over the past four months almost 50% of the &quot;city dwellers&quot; have moved into your area, and they've brought: the dog, their grandmother, their uncle's-sister's-next-door-neighbor's-twice-removed-stepson's-best-friend's-aunt! I am all for keeping things &quot;quiet &amp; shshed&quot; on the topic of Linux!...LoL! But for those whom are about to &quot;take the plunge&quot;...just know......you're about to enter a whole...NEW world...an OPEN world full of friendly, helpful, people whom will help you every step of the way!...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Knighthawk5193@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:33:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Might want to DD to an external and back]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have an old Toshiba, 1Ghz with 512MB RAM and 30GB HD (use a PCI card for wireless or ethernet). When I first installed 10.04 on it, it was fast. But over time, the updates took their toll and now it runs slow. I have read that while the file system doesn't fragment like windows, the file placement, over time, can reduce performance (free space gets scattered) and it helps to DD to another drive and DD back (besides, it also is a good backup).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:24:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for the tip]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Checked it out and will have to try it on my old Acer laptop. NDIS using the Windows .inf file (and others I found) never would work. I still have Ubuntu 10.04 installed and use a Netgear PCI card for wireless.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:08:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try a Live CD]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can't answer for a DELL (I seen mixed posts on Dells and Ubuntu). But you could downloaded an ISO, burn it to a CD (or USB stick) and try running it off the CD. If it runs off the CD, then it should install.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:01:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try Virtual Box]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you aren't constrained by memory or HD space, install Virtaul Box on Win. 7 and install your Linux distro into as a virtual machine. I have Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, Mint, ZorinOS, SolusOS, plus others, all running fine as VMs.  I give each distro 1 or 2GB of RAM (could allocate 512MB if I had to - I do have 4GB of RAM) and 20 -30 GB of HD for each VM.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:57:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Right adn you don't have to use Linux either!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unity suffers the same problem Windows 8 Metro - are you a Desktop PC or a Tablet PC? Some love Unity as apparently you do and others love Gnome 2. For those who like Gnome 2, look at ZorinOS or SolutOS (or even Mint with MATE).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:52:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[See my reply above]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I just replied in the previous post. Give ZorinOS or SolutOS a try. Or Linux Mint with MATE 1.4.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:47:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try other distros]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have found Linux Mint with the MATE 1.4 Desktop to be a suitable replacement., not ideal, but better than Unity. I have also tried SolutOS and that is better than Unity and very much Gnome 2 like as is ZorinOS. Another good feature with ZorinOS is you can have a choice in Desktops - Gnome 2, Win. XP or Win. 7. It is still Linux under the covers, but the Desktop feel is similar and you can switch from one Desktop to the other via the Menu and logging off and logging back on.  One thing I missed was the ability to create panels and populate them like I could with Ubuntu and Gnome 2. Zorin and Solut provide that capability and as does MATE. I prefer to right-click like Gnome 2 and place on Desktop or Panel vs &quot;Drag and Drop&quot;, and not all applications allow it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:46:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Should be okay. . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nothing obscure in the specs that I can tell, though they're not as specific as they could be.  the card reader should work out of the box, but you never know until you boot that live CD and try it.  the only thing is, if you're a gamer, it'd be a bad Idea to go with linux.  Intel abandoned supporting their own hardware on all platforms a very long time ago, and left it up to MS and Apple to produce their own drivers for everything.   in short, there's no 3d rendering available at all for intel chipsets on linux as far as I know, which makes wine useless for games on that particular laptop.   again, they really didn't get very specific with the hardware in the specs listed, so I'm guessing everything has an intel chipset...the good news, as far as I know the only thing that should give you trouble is the graphics(again only if you're a gamer).  Your mileage may very however, so best thing to do is download a distro's live CD/DVD iso, burn it, and try it out.  I've been around, and I'd probably try out Ubuntu(or any of it's variants), Fedora, or PCLOS.  I've enjoyed my time on all of them.  though admittedly PCLOS's repositories are a bit lacking(I should say were having not used it since 2003), and have that annoying download speed limit.  Debian might be worth a shot as well; I've not spent much time on it, but I've little in the way of complaints about it. my experience with Debian is purely by my use of it's liveDVD(KDE).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sir_cheats_alot@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:08:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[this sounds to be. . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A potential hardware issue.  like an impending hard drive failure.  I've thankfully not had to endure more then one such instance.   you may want to run a diagnostic test if you can ASAP.    But not knowing what the error says, I couldn't say for certain.  in any case you may wish to post about it on the Ubuntu Forums if you've not done so already.    remember to be thorough when relating details of the error so they can help you better.   naturally you'll want to list your hardware specs as well.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sir_cheats_alot@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:34:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Even Microsoft was smart enough to kill gadets]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Someday web integration will be secure and work smoothly.  Until then leave the web in the browser.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[grafman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:53:27 -0700</pubDate>
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