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        <title><![CDATA[I'd rather use Ubuntu 12.10 over Windows 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I upgraded to Windows 8 then took it off and went back to Windows 7. I then decided to try Ubuntu.  I'm new to Ubuntu but familiar with the old DOS terminal command line which helped me navigate Ubuntu directories and install software. I was impressed with the server capabilities and being able to use Ubuntu as a back up machine, video streaming device or web host. I like being able to access the Ubuntu server on my desktop through a web browser on my laptop and copying files over the LAN. I'm learning PHP and Javascript so it allows me to build applications locally then move those applications to the internet provider saving me time  and bandwidth. I know a lot of these features are free or available on the Windows 8 platform but I just hate the new Windows 8 GUI which drove me to Ubuntu. In my opinion, Ubuntu 12.10 is an awesome FREE operating system and server but it's not for everyone just as Windows 8 isn't for everyone.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lawks]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:14:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yet Another Ignorant]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linux zealots spend waaaay too much time on Linux...&quot;Don't need to, they all use the linux kernel, the rest is the UI. So you have to create one installer, let's say RPM and the rest, DEB for example take about 30 seconds to convert. Not a huge investment in time. &quot;Well, pal, it's not as easy as you think it is...  It might be easy to convert a 5kB utility rpm to deb...  but I don't think it will work that nice with a 4GB game....  I even think that it won't work at all.  If so far, nobody's done it, it's beacause it's too much of a hassle to do :- different packaging- opengl dev is hard (not for you I know, but for real world programmer, directX way easier, and more productive)- sound is a mess in Linux- dependency hell accross distros : to install your game, you'll have to take in account, which version of which lib is used for that particular distro- slightly different kernels (compile options+modules) which can cause great problemsLusers been shouting victory recently as Steam decided to move from Windows 8...  not because Linux is better, dear lol !  It's all because of the Windows store, that steam will eventually have to pay, and become a MS underdog like all those apple and android dev...  that's all !Also, you're talking about encrypting files and folders...  Have you been further than the start menu ?  Or have you ever used Windows xp PRO, PRO is important, because in PRO, you have EFS.  In fact, efs been out since Win2k...FOSS aren't compatible with business for one reason, which is written in the FOSS disclaimer : &quot;NO WARRANTY, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK&quot;cron is an archaic tool, though it works well, you need to modernize a little more, get a ui...  stop working with .conf text files ffs...  Everything now is about productivity.  Clean, brightly organised UI, make things productive.  Text files don't.Well about your 30% cut, Apple and Android all do the same, yet nobody's ever said a thing...  But windows dev don't ridiculize or yell at people.  If they were developping for Windows, Alan Cox, Con Kolivas,  never would have leaved the boat.  No the problem with Linux, is politics.  Waaaay too much fragmentation, there will always be a n+1 implementation cause A's not happy with B's code cause it's not commented, yadda, yadda...You got the picture.edit@capeterson : you can actually set up something looking like an active directory with samba, acl, etc...  but get lots of aspirin and a couple of whiskey bottle in preparation of the all-nighter you're gonna have configuring text files while cursing Linus Torvalds.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Have you ever been in Windows Land ?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395619-3742217]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[1.Amazon search : Where is that an improvement ?  Privacy intrusion is an improvement ?  What if I don't want commercials ?  To me, and many others from OS world, it is a great error to include amazon in Ubuntu.2.Dash previews : hum, have you ever used Windows ?  file previews in explorer exists since XP...3.Interface based on efficiency : What you found efficient in Unity, wasn't that efficient for many, many people.  Linux Torvalds included.  Same as Windows 8 modern UI, some love it, others hate it.4.Remote login : It also exposes your external accounts to anybody who gets access to your laptop.  It could be your lil bro...  or a thief who just stoled your computer !  Combine this with a weak password, and you get the picture.  Better use a RDP client once logged into your account.5.Integrated web service : ever heard of gadgets ?  Ever heard of active tiles ?6.Ease of app installation : before commenting on Windows 8 store, you must know that it was done so that people could only install metro app from the store...  Pretty much like the apple or android store.  I hate that, many do.  Also, you might find this wonderfully useful, but try installing something that's not in the repo.  You'll get confronted to the old dependency hell, something that doesn't exist in Windows.7.Remembering how funny it was to read linux zealots arguing,  I really doubt you could qualify the Unity/Gnome 3 ui change as &quot;gradual&quot;.  Really, lol.8.Same interface from server to tablet : well, that's the point.  That's what you don't have a start menu in Windows 8 anymore...  In which remote country have you been living ?  Have you EVEN tried Windows 8 ?!!  Also, for desktop use, server kernel isn't really optimal.  Though Linus thinks it is, Con Kolivas doesn't, and he proves it.  Learn about the great story behind the Brain F*ck Scheduler (BFS).9.Performance boost : Windows 8 has great kernel optimisation...  You can't see it if you haven't tried it...10.Share Links file sharing : ...ever heard of Skydrive ?Sorry, but when you want to compare two things, you need to have basic knowledge, no deep knowledge of what you're comparing.  Your article just shows how undocumented and ignorant you're about Windows, and even Linux.  If I was Torvalds, I would have long told you &quot;you're a moron, you better go die somewhere alone&quot;.And finally this : &quot;I fully believe this will be the release that opens the eyes of the public at large to Ubuntu&quot;That's what is said at each Ubuntu release, yet another proof of how much of a linux zealot you are...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:37:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Seriously????]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sorry, but I am having real difficulty trying to keep from laughing after reading this article.  Amazon Search is one of the ten reasons it is better than Windows 8.  Seriously????]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Porterhaus]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:39:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Text Books,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ever heard of Science magazine? Ever heard of textbooks written for educational purposes? Just because it's not shoved in your face doesn't mean they don't exist. Make an effort to find things out.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dogknees]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:44:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Nope]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Right. Because Tech Republic gives us non-biased information about new things. I guess there could be such a thing as non-advertising content... in magazines and websites... with advertising to keep them running. Sure, smartest guy in the world, I see you've thought about this thoroughly. PS: Ever wonder if this particular article is trying to convince us towards the author's bias? Wait, I know you're answer already: &quot;Nope&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[myangeldust]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:05:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nope]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Advertisements are a way to try and convince people to buy your product. They are not a source of reliable information.How do you discover things? By reading widely, reading non-advertising content that is. By being interested in everything and spending time investigating new things. By keeping up with the scientists and researchers who discover and invent new technologies.In other words by choosing not to remain ignorant and by not expecting someone else to think for me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dogknees]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:01:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Would you help fix it?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you can file a bug report, you can become a part of the process and help get it fixed ... with FOSS, you can have a direct impact on making it better.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[daboochmeister]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:12:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The biggest joke here is you resurrecting these old threads just to have]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[a go at Jack.BTW I know lots of places that use Windows servers knowing full well they aren't the best option for their job, but because they have no choice now due to their previous Senior Admin being a Windows only person and got them so buried in the system they can't be removed, and they now have to have auxiliary Unix servers to protect them from attack.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deadly Ernest]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:01:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I truly do have several Linux boxes that I manage. I do not try to convince the general public that Linux is good for general use.On the other hand, I think Windows Phone 8 is the next best thing since sliced bread]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark.cooper@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:08:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree!!!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I recently had a potential client ask me what kind/cost server they should get to organize their lab process. They are a water quality testing lab. My response was, what software fills their need. Hunh? What a unique idea. Last I heard, they're off to check out a similar lab to see what THEY are doing.I bet, unless it's strictly a file server, the more advanced lab is NOT using Linux.Jack Wallen is a joke. He throws out crap to see what sticks. I've never seen a response from him to any comments to any of his blogs.I have to wonder if he gets paid for his crap. If so, I'd like to apply. I, too, have a lot of crap that I need to spread. Getting paid for my crap would be a bonus.Otherwise, the local sewage treatment plant has to process my crap.Jack...get a life. You obviously do not have a real world job.Happy holidays!Mark]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:03:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does Jack really get paid for this dribble?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm on several other Internet fora. On some of these fora the blogger deigns to respond. I haven't heard jack, from Jack, on TechRepublic.What's this? Throw an un-educated blog article out into the Internet. Then, don't respond? What's the point?Jack is an un-educated blogger-wannabe. He was not there in the early days with Commodore, Apple, CP/M, etc. Pre-IBM/MS-DOS.Give me a break.I'm going to do something more useful than read Jack Sprat, like watch the raindrops or snowflakes.Sheesh!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark.cooper@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:06:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[YES! YES! YES! YES!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[More: YES! YES! YES! YES!Jack does NOT live in the real world. He does NOT use real world applications. He's a dreamer!I do use Linux on a few &quot;appropriate boxes.&quot; I'm up to Fedora 17.Way to go Jack! Keep charging into those windmills.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark.cooper@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:51:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[daily linux user]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i use ubuntu on a daily basis and have learned that its pretty buggy. If i can compare it to osx I would say that osx is much better for a web development environment because of all the amazing apps that exist on osx. Ubuntu might end up being amazing in the future but its going to take time by users adding more apps and having it be more stable. As far as windows goes i'm surprised their still not using a unix foundation. That whole c:/ crap has to go]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sarmenhb@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:26:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;the only problem with LINUX&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I presume that you meant to say &quot;You need to have a computer guru&quot;. Obviously for Windows you need to have an assistant to check not just your English grammar and spelling, but also to check that what you wrote was what you meant Anyhow, the whole point of the rather overblown article was to emphasize that you do NOT need to be a computer guru to run Linux instead of Windows, and achieve pretty much everything you want to do. Disclaimer: I switched to Ubuntu 11.04 about a year ago and have no intention of switching back, although I use Windows (virtualised) because my work is with MS SQL Server.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LeMike]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:47:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[privacy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[what i really don't need, is that all i do is shared with the net. so excuse me, i will not update from 12.4 to 12.10. i don't need dropbox or ubuntu one, i have usb-sticks. i don't want, that everything i type is logged by amazone - if i want to search amazon i just open my google bookmark, otherwise i go to ebay or else for shopping. i don't want to sponsor ubuntu by selling my data to amazone. an other thing i noticed: some time ago (weeks) on the software center occurred a change. the front-page with proposed new software has pilled up with pay-software - it used to be freeware. has the money-making app-hype arrived in utopia? seems so. i'm just a user, not a developer and don't have to live on selling software, but linux seemed to be the free-mans-paradise, with a communist touch - everybody working together for a better future. now it's becoming paradise lost.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[drmtiede]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:46:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Title Should Have An Asterisk]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Or simply be appended with the words &quot;For Linux Users&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dinomutt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:44:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Incorrect]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sorry but I just don't agree with this article. I love Ubuntu. I love Windows 8. I have both of them installed on my computer. Your points of &quot;blowing windows away&quot; are bad. Amazon Search? Really? Like I can't do that from my browser, or even the site itself?Gradual change in UI? HA - Good one&quot;Ease of app installation&quot; - Ubuntu has had that package manager in every version I've ever used. Windows has not. They have to start somewhere, then build up from there. Also it's not meant to have programs in the same way as Ubuntu, being that the programs in there have specific design requirements and have to be re-written from scratch in some cases.Having gone from 10.10 to 12.10, that is a HUGE jump, and not a nice one either (in my opinion anyway). Similar in comparison from going from Windows 7 to Windows 8... Just not as drastic.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Soulflare3]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:33:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ubuntu vs winders]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been on the M$ side of things since its carnation... yes, there have been bumps in the road as for every OS. It's possible to use any OS for free... nuff said. My interest in ubuntu (any linux OS) is that it is a convertible, the footprint is small and it can do the same things as with any other OS,Apple and M$ has a marketing agenda whereas linux has none.Let's see if an Apple or M$ can mimick another OS. I am a programmer and I am just interested how it is accomplished. I am interested in the lastest &amp; greatest techniques of how apps are developed and there have been many techniques which have come and gone,,, and good ol' linux using the same old tools which can do the same and/or more.An OS or the flavor is not that important, granted for noobs it is (getting it to work with their hardware), but an OS which is really free just ought to be explored and if it can help those who cannot shell out the bucks, let's try to delivery an experience which is on par as any other OS and learn from those who done it without any agenda.Within itself an app (OS) has to satisfy the user using it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[allerguten]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:13:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Active Directory and Group Policy...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is no real substitute in Linux.  I can add a fresh out of the box PC to the domain and without touching it again it will be ready for any end-user to begin using in about 30 minutes.  Their local account will already be set up and ready to go complete with all windows updates and all company software installed.  If they had a PC previously, all their &quot;local&quot; drives, files, and email will be there as soon as they log in. In fact, any user can log into that PC and get access to their email.  They can use all their regular software as well so long as they are a member of that dept.   I don't have to do anything to that PC other than hook it up and join the domain.  I can even move that PC to another dept. and the software and printers available to it will change accordingly without my having to touch 1 setting or manually install one piece of software or driver.To my knowledge there is nothing in the Linux world that will do all that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[capeterson67@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:14:28 -0800</pubDate>
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