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Because the T2 chip blocks access to the internal SSD when the security level is set to off,

I thought you could disable secure boot on the Mac, which should let you install any OS you like on the internal SSD...

I fully admit I've not tried that though so it could be there's some other aspect to that I did not know about. But this article sure makes it look like that setting has the effect of letting you boot into Linux on a T2 Mac.

hundreds of others which integrate(d) deeply with the browser.

If an extension is deeply integrated into the interface of the browser, you might expect that when this interface change, there'll be some work involved.

Tab Mix Plus

is in the process of being re-written (but still isn't on par with the classic on)

Hide Caption Titlebar Plus

...is a function that is now directly supported into Firefox with client-side decoration. No need for extensions.

Status-4-Evar

The interface of Quantum is based on Servo, it's not using XUL anymore, it's written in HTML/CSS. You don't control it the same way any more.
It's like complaining that MS-DOS screen savers and always on top status-bar thingy don't work on the Windows desktop.

Quantum *does* support a permenent status bar, but currently there's no interface to configure it, you need to manually patch the CSS.
It's not ideal, but there's no practical way ever to make Status-4-Evar work in Quantum.

DownThemAll

And meanwhile, the Firefox extensions used by JDownloader 2 to communicate does work with Quantum.
In both directions (intercepts download pages and allows you to add them into JDownloader 2, or conversely has JDownloader 2 able to open pages in Firefox when a user interaction is needed).

For a download manager *IN* Firefox : the necessary API extensions are still being worked on.

Will they let skype work on Linux again?

It Just Got Easier to Install Skype on Ubuntu - 1 February 2018

What are the system requirements for Skype?

Skype for Linux system requirements

Linux Version:

64-bit Ubuntu 14.04+
64-bit Debian 8.0+
64-bit OpenSUSE 13.3+
64-bit Fedora Linux 24+

Processor - An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 and SSE3 capable

RAM - At least 512 MB

Additional software - libappindicator1 or GtkStatusIcon to make the tray icon work (optional)

Meanwhile Windows 10 not only allows Linux in the same machine it now let's me run pretty much all of my Linux dev tools in Windows, without emulation, side by side my Windows apps in one windowed shell.

And, also Meanwhile...

TFS LIES!

https://liliputing.com/2018/11...

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/20...

BTW, editors and Slashtards, I found these references in 0.5 secs. of Googling.

Nice work, fucktards!

TFS LIES!!!

https://liliputing.com/2018/11...

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/20...

BTW, editors and Slashtards, I found these references in 0.5 secs. of Googling.

Nice work, fucktards!

Yeah. It was pretty freaking bad.

Just to put this discussion in some perspective:

ChomeOS has a 3.3 % usage share compared to Linux's 1.47.

It seems to be a trend. I installed Chrome on a Linux partition and almost immediately, Yahoo tried to install their plugin into that browser.

Not forgetting Canonical's spyware which sent your local search queries for command options to their servers. It's anonymized they claim - well it isn't if your ISP decides to do a man-in-the-middle attack and deep packet inspection with your data.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

The OMG Ubuntu site has a pretty good overview.

News from last week:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/kde-plasma-mobile-coming-purism-librem-5

Ideally, one would be able to install an Android container to run Android apps on a desktop Linux operating system. Only app publishers' dependence on Google Play Store and Google Play Services keeps this from being a reality.

FYI, Firefox 55 reduces memory usage dramatically (e.g. that link shows it going from over 2GB to under 500MB for the author's 1691 tab test case; the start up time difference is even more dramatic).

So this particular release actually addresses your memory usage complaint.

Just have a look at this: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

I've just installed firefox again... and it no longer seems slow and bloated!

He had no choice but to admit defeat. He's positioning the business for either an outside investment or an IPO (in other words, he wants to cash out). As for redirecting resources, some departments are being hit with layoffs of up to 60%.

Other failures:

• Ubuntu Android emulator
• UbuntuTV Hardware TV - a ripoff of SammyTV open source project
• Ubuntu Smartphone - remember Ubuntu Edge?
• Ubuntu tablet
• Ubuntu ONE Music Store - RIP June 2014
• Ubuntu ONE Cloud Storage - RIP June 2014

And of course absolutely horrific color schemes ...

Also remember that you can customized the Look/Feel of any of the Linux distros. Specifically for Mint:

This will make LInux Mint look like Windows 7:
http://www.noobslab.com/2014/0...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

More on cusotmizing the look/feel of Linux Mint:
https://community.linuxmint.co...
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_...
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...
https://delightlylinux.wordpre...
https://drive.google.com/file/...

You paid the Microsoft jizya* when you bought the computer.

Not if you bought a Linux laptop from Dell.

Every time I tried to install Linux on a laptop I have had hardware issues.

System76 makes fine Linux laptops.
And if you read /. at all then you've no doubt noticed that Dell sells Linux laptops too.
This won't solve your problems with laptops you currently have issues with, but in the future perhaps you should consider buying a laptop from one of these vendors.
Need some incentive? Apparently Dell's Linux laptops are $100 cheaper than their Windows laptops because they're not making your pay the Microsoft tax.

Anything smaller than 12 inches that's warranted to run GNU/Linux?

The 12.5" Lenovo Yoga 260 and X260 are both linux certified by Lenovo for Ubuntu 14.
The Dell XPS 13 is 'linux laptop of the year' by most publications.
That's all smaller than 14" (system 76's smallest offering).

But you said 'smaller than 12'. There's not a lot smaller than 12 right now. Acer still makes some aspires that ship with linux in India, but probably hard to find here. (Although many of the models a few years ago were available in N/A with linux... just didn't sell well.)

FWIW this is supposed to be dropping imminently...
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

If you "order it in", and you find that the laptop's screen or keyboard doesn't agree with you, what are your options?

Return it? Yeah, you'd be on the hook for shipping. Still beats trying to fight linux onto staples discount trash IMO -- where the crappy keyboards and screens don't agree with me. At least with the Dell XPS and precision stuff is quality... and in most urban centres at least you should be able to get your hands easily on a windows variant in store or off a coworker / friend / peer etc so that you can feel it.

"yelling very loudly at your hardware vendor and refusing to buy from them again unless they cut this crap out"

3.18 was released slightly over 2 years ago (7 Dec 2014). It went LTS 3 months later (2015/3/11). At the time, "it will be supported with patches for at least two more years from today." Now it's gone, less than 2 years later. And, 2 years isn't "long term" by any reasonable definition to begin with. Don't yell loudly at anyone who used it, yell loudly at Greg Kroah-Hartman and the other kernel maintainers for over-promising and under-delivering, who think 2 years is a long time and won't even keep that commitment. 3.16 (LTS) is projected to go to 2020, when it's 5 1/2 years old (kudos to Ben Hutchings, who's a bit more realistic about what "long term" means).

(and of course, anyone the size of Google should be able to put their own resource on maintaining a kernel they chose to use for longer if need be, not that they've figured out how to keep Android devices up-to-date anyway)

Muffin also provides other interfaces besides the weird ribbon-esque one, if you prefer a more intuitive UI.

Exactly. Animated GIF showing the options I think this is a pretty big deal for people used to the MS Ribbon interface

Was there serious demand for this? I suspect one of the features that many -- if not most -- users of LibreOffice enjoyed was that it didn't have the damned ribbon.

Yes, I rarely pay much attention to this, but on the few occasions I've checked in with LibreOffice's forums, I've definitely seen people complain about the lack of a ribbon OPTION. Like it or not, MS Office has had that interface for about a decade now, and many younger users have never used anything else.

[Personally, I dislike the ribbon and have never gotten used to it. The only reason I am able to use MS Office at work in a reasonable fashion is because I have a Mac that still has actual menus. But I also know a lot of people who LIKE the ribbon, or at least grew to like it over the years.]

Thanks guys for bringing the Office ribbon hassles to Writer. I'm sure everyone's tickled pink to now be able to experience Word's ribbon headaches on Linux.

It's an OPTION. Apparently one of FOUR possible ways to organize your UI. If you don't want it, don't use it.

But if LibreOffice actually still wants to sell itself as a competitor to MS Office, it needs to present a UI that isn't a shock to new users... many of whom have been using a "ribbon" in MS Office for years.

You're correct that there was a big upsurge in use of LibreOffice (back then, OpenOffice) with the introduction of the ribbon interface. The issue is that users didn't want to learn a new interface, so OpenOffice was a good alternative. Now LibreOffice has to adapt to a new public, whose default experience is WITH the ribbon.

Here is one example of how to do it:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...
I think the news here is potential malware doing it instead of it being a deliberate choice by the user.

Personnally, as a Linux sysadmin, I've never had any problem running Linux on a laptop since 2008 ;-) Sadly, since UEFIs came out, the average user is usually repelled at the installation stage : either their Ubuntu install media isn't detected (even though it is UEFI-compatible), so they have to install it in Legacy mode, which clobbers their Windows boot, or they stumble upon this great Windows "feature" which, even if the install happened, makes it seem as if it didn't as soon as you reboot Windows. Or it can be a one-time Windows update which clobbers their Linux partition instead. What fun after a first install !

IMHO, Windows is toxic, and should be removed from any computer that should work reliably. Thanks to Microsoft's lobbies, installing and using Linux on laptops has become much more difficult than it used to be, and now my Linux-curious users are afraid to do it themselves (as well they should be). Once their system is up and running, I've yet to receive a complaint about Unity or hardware handling, though. Everything pretty much works out of the box (although my users don't have brand-new laptops with the latest hardware, which helps).

Sorry for being unclear; what I meant was that Ubuntu spinoffs like Mint aren't used as much as "official" Ubuntu. My source for Unity being the most-used DE of Ubuntu is this survey: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

Old article from an unknown source.

Sorry for being unclear; what I meant was that Ubuntu spinoffs like Mint aren't used as much as "official" Ubuntu. My source for Unity being the most-used DE of Ubuntu is this survey: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

Oh, I just came across this article that goes into some more usage details than what was included in the summary.

Too bad kernel 4.5 isn't making it into Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus... http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

If they really want to improve things, they need to stop removing features and configuration options. Stopping the dumb stuff like client side decorations would also be nice: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gedit2.jpg

Except no currently sold phone does support the convergence feature. You're confusing a statement about future direction with an actually shipping product. Canonical has stated that the first phone that can run the Ubuntu desktop isn't due until a tentative release of October. So, no, the person can't CURRENTLY get such a phone. From here

The first Ubuntu Phone that will be capable of turning into a desktop PC will be made by Bq.

A tentative launch date of October 2015 has been set for the convergence device, though this is likely to changed depending on the state of ‘converged’ code within the Ubuntu OS itself.

So, my statement stands: No, you cannot currently do that. All you get is shitty scopes.

So, you are telling me that the utilite2 is doing at least 100k per month?

I might be OK with Freescale if they didn't require you to use a windows only tool to flash the damn thing.

Canonical is bringing freedom to smartphones! Ubuntu GNU/Linux will smite the crApple/Scroogle duopoly.

Let freedom ring! Let freedom ring! Hallelujah Let freedom ring!

Canonical is bringing freedom to smartphones! Ubuntu GNU/Linux will smite the crApple/Scroogle duopoly.

Let freedom ring! Let freedom ring! Hallelujah Let freedom ring!

It seems that a number of commenters are blowing their fuses about the screenshot in TFA. The screenshot is of the media center _not_ the desktop. I agree that the media center looks ugly, but IMHO, the actual desktop (i.e. KDE Plasma) looks nice. Look at screenshots of KDE Plasma 5.3 before passing judgement. (No, I won't link to them; use google.)

You mean like this screenshot. It doesn't exactly validate your point.
Perhaps you should link to screenshots so that people will understand what you mean.

Also, you typically showcase the better part of a product when you want to show it. There is no reason to believe that the things not shown looks better than the things that were shown.
Anyway, I won't worry too much. I'm not running KDE anymore and this release doesn't really want me to switch to it again. I'm extremely indifferent about it and I highly doubt that they care much about me not caring either. There is clearly a target userbase for KDE that doesn't include me.

LWN: https://lwn.net/Articles/62497...
kernelnewbies: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux...
omgubuntu: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

Walk into a store and buy a fully assembled name brand (Dell, HP, etc) PC, complete with warranty and guarantees, without ANY software preinstalled. You can't. Your analogy fails.

Actually you can get a Dell laptop or HP laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed. But the point is virtually nobody wants a PC without Windows pre-installed (unless they're buying a Mac) so even though those companies are free to sell PCs without Windows pre-installed - and some do while some tried and abandoned it due to lack of sales - it is much cheaper for the end user to sell it bundled with Windows than it is to sell it without an operating system and have those 99% of non-Mac PC users then have to buy a retail copy of Windows to install.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

Sort of.. But there is more to the story. It appears that most of the complaints were with OpenOffice.org capability. But neither, the migration to MS or decision to stick it out is set in stone as far as I am aware.

Actually Chrome 37 works already. On Ubuntu Trusty I had to update the libnss3 library to Utopic's version (from 3.15.4 to 3.16.3) and then spoof my user agent to pretend I'm running Windows, but once done it works, and works well (far better than running through Windows in a VirtualBox VM, which had a smooth picture but crackly sound).

I've used that in the Chrome 37 beta for a couple of weeks and that was the version promoted to stable. There's more info on OMG! Ubuntu!.

I haven't seen whether this means you can remove Silverlight from Windows & Macs now but in theory it should be possible.

Since when is a setting that is clearly visible in the GUI "not easy to disable"?

I didn't say disabled (which isn't too tough, I'll concede, but it should still be opt-in instead of opt-out), I said removed. Actually removing that 'feature' is nontrivial, even for an intermediate user. A newbie wouldn't have a chance.

Nope, it is Debian based! -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... and http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/201...

Perhaps not!

Don't care about Wayland. I gave Intel my money, and in return they have 30 Developers, that have given me an astonishing return on my hardware. Hell they can still use X as far as I'm concerned.

I do care about the Gnome Shell and how to kill it with fire...I currently use Cinnamon, but do not want to continue to patch my Desktop , and I do care if Gnome is going to (continue) to cripple my Desktop experience. these two articles http://worldofgnome.org/gnome-upcoming-features/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/gnome-core-app-project-make-me-excited-for-desktop-linux show off the new core applications Maps, Music, Photos, Software & Calendar...ans they look great, only it looks like oversized icons/Buttons; "not over-burdened with features"; "built around the premise of ‘finding and reminding’ you of your files". Yeah I am nervous too.

How about they expand on evince(a fantastic program on any platform) by giving it epub compatibility. Rhythmbox has just been updated codename "I Eat Tapes" http://worldofgnome.org/rhythmbox-3-0-is-eating-the-tapes/ which is looking great after being much neglected for Banshee(Which was great) in the Mono push to satisfy some self serving... anyway great; modern looking; desktop app, not even mentioned. Hopefully I can finally get rid of the awesome Tomboy notes with Notes(Bijiben) ready so I can ditch Mono altogether (Cue that self serving prick to spout crap to retain reverence soon).

The bottom line is I don't want my Desktop experience Tabletified. There is a great hybrid touch/keyboard+mouse interface in here somewhere, and some great ideas, but my main computer is not about find...its about organising files not search; Sensible user of a 24" screen and accurate pointing devices (and I include pen too); Feature rich presented sensibly with good defaults...only removing unnecessary "options". There is something great here, but Gnome is taking too long at fitting the pieces together.

Then good news! Kubuntu 13.10 isn't shipping with mir: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/06/lubuntu-kubuntu-decide-against-mir-switch

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/dota-2-now-available-on-steam-for-linux
And its 4 powers...

Could you link to those announcements please?

There are lots of Canonical announcements about machines coming preloaded with Unbuntu. Not many shipments.

• "Canonical Partners with ASUS for Ubuntu Linux" (2011) "This is part of a new engagement and it's great to be working with such an innovative player," Chris Kenyon, vice president OEM Services at Canonical told InternetNews.com. "To put this in perspective we are now working directly with Asus, Lenovo, Dell and Acer on enabling systems."
• "Dell to offer Ubuntu on a select assortment of budget computers" (2007) "Dell announced plans today to offer Ubuntu Linux 7.04 preinstalled on "select consumer products." Dell has at various times offered some overpriced Linux options, but never a "budget" one. Dell currently offers a Ubuntu laptop for developers. It costs $1549 and will ship Real Soon Now. The same machine is available now with Windows for $999.
• "Ubuntu To Ship on 5% of All PCs Sold Next Year" (2012) Yeah, right.

There are other tablet and phone Ubuntu announcements, which you can find with Google. Someone is taking "pre-orders" for a Ubuntu tablet for delivery in late 2013.

Despite all their press releases, Canonical seems unable to get any manufacturer to ship a preloaded Ubuntu machine in volume.

Could you link to those announcements please?

There are lots of Canonical announcements about machines coming preloaded with Unbuntu. Not many shipments.

• "Canonical Partners with ASUS for Ubuntu Linux" (2011) "This is part of a new engagement and it's great to be working with such an innovative player," Chris Kenyon, vice president OEM Services at Canonical told InternetNews.com. "To put this in perspective we are now working directly with Asus, Lenovo, Dell and Acer on enabling systems."
• "Dell to offer Ubuntu on a select assortment of budget computers" (2007) "Dell announced plans today to offer Ubuntu Linux 7.04 preinstalled on "select consumer products." Dell has at various times offered some overpriced Linux options, but never a "budget" one. Dell currently offers a Ubuntu laptop for developers. It costs $1549 and will ship Real Soon Now. The same machine is available now with Windows for $999.
• "Ubuntu To Ship on 5% of All PCs Sold Next Year" (2012) Yeah, right.

There are other tablet and phone Ubuntu announcements, which you can find with Google. Someone is taking "pre-orders" for a Ubuntu tablet for delivery in late 2013.

Despite all their press releases, Canonical seems unable to get any manufacturer to ship a preloaded Ubuntu machine in volume.

If you're on Linux, check out KingSoft/WPS Office. It's a Chinese clone of Office that's almost 100% identical to Office 2010, and it lets you choose between the ribbon and 'classic' style. Users are reporting that it handles large spreadsheets better than both the 'real' Office and Libre/Openoffice.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/wps-office-for-linux-looks-like-microsoft-office-but-isnt

FYI, Ubuntu are aiming for Mir now.

I used Windows 8 for the first time last week. I could figure out where everything is, but it is just such a mess. Little touches that would make sense just didn't exist. For example I think you should be able to press escape from within a Metro app to return to the Start Menu thingy.. but that didn't work. When settings options are half-assedly implemented in Metro but then kick you back to the desktop for certain things doesn't feel right either. For Windows 7, there were some changes, but they felt like actual improvements. In Windows 8 it feels like they're changing shit just for the sake of changing it. If they put more effort into replacing more of the standard Control Panel stuff etc into Metro then it could feel coherent. But it just doesn't..

Moonlight can't be used for Netflix, which is why Linux users have to resort to crazy hacks like this to get their Netflix fix.

I'd also point out that the iPad has had an official Netflix app for some time, and I highly doubt that involves running Silverlight either.

Thankfully the snooping is going to remain optional (although still opt-out rather than opt-in). I've still got it turned off on my desktop, but reading documents like this (specifically the Data and metrics passed to the Smart Scopes service section) are a little reassuring, in that you can see that the developers are thinking about how to take only the data they need and are trying to protect it. I particularly like their (far-off) plans for sending location information: they won't send your exact co-ordinates like Google or Apple does - they'll round them off to maybe a 10km square because that level of location accuracy is probably not needed for the search. There's also a friendlier summary of the spec available.

That said, while this kind of fuck up is still happening, I'm going to keep online search off, despite being tempted by functionality like its iView (Aussie Hulu) support.

I too hope that you don't need an Ubuntu One account to use the tablet...

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/ubuntu-dash-to-add-private-incognito-mode-add-legal-notice-to-installer