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Ubuntu 12.10: New features, new levels of user-friendliness

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.

I for think its a kewl idea to intergrate some apps as far as security that will be always a risk nobody what OS you use. Nobody is say you have to use them in the first place, there is always other software you can use. I like the fact that they are always moving forward making it easier for the users. Each user is different and if the OS gives you a variety of choices to customize it the way you want i think that is a good thing. Signed Just an opinion

Someday web integration will be secure and work smoothly. Until then leave the web in the browser.

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.

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.