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What Normal Users Can Expect From Ubuntu 8.10

Posted by timothy on from the abnormal-users-can-expect-whatever-they-want dept.

notthatwillsmith writes "With Ubuntu 8.10 due to be released in just a few days, Maximum PC pored through all the enhancements, updates, and new features that are bundled into the release of Intrepid Ibex and separated out the new features that are most exciting for Linux desktop users. Things to be excited about? With new versions of GNOME and X.Org, there's quite a bit, ranging from the context-sensitive Deskbar search to an audio and video compatible SIP client to the new Network Manager (manage wired, Wi-Fi, VPN, and cellular broadband connections in one place)."

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  1. What normal users can expect by kidde_valind · · Score: 5, Funny

    A brown desktop background?

    1. Re:What normal users can expect by psychodelicacy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it's more likely to be viewed as the color of the earth, sand, wood, that kind of natural stuff. But if you want to think about gay sex instead, don't let me spoil your fun...

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    2. Re:What normal users can expect by holloway · · Score: 5, Funny

      And it encourages those that don't like it to explore the customization features

      I use babelfish to auto-translate my documentation to French to encourage people who don't like it to submit patches. Ubuntu is simply applying the same principle of ugly defaults to the desktop, brilliant!

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    3. Re:What normal users can expect by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2, Funny

      So, it seems like you are saying a lot about the brown, one might even say you are making noise about it, perhaps a brown noise?

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    4. Re:What normal users can expect by mcvos · · Score: 4, Funny

      In most cultures, brown is associated with shit, scat, gay sex, etc.

      Really? I never had any particular color association with gay sex. But perhaps that's because I'm not so involved in that sort of thing.

  2. Re:Newbie Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It asks for your keyboard type, timezone, login name, password, and whether you want to wipe your harddrive or install alongside windows.

    I guess that's too hard for you.

  3. The 8.10 wallpaper looks like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...someone's in the process of cleaning dog shit from a floor.

    1. Re:The 8.10 wallpaper looks like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ubuntu Christian Edition will feature dog shit spread out in the form of Jesus.

    2. Re:The 8.10 wallpaper looks like... by kv9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      and have the dog shit coincidentally spread out in the form of an (intrepid?) Ibex.

      more like Intrepid Goatsex if you ask me.

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  4. Bluray == laserdisk. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just download 720p / 1080p divx like the rest of the universe.

  5. Re:Very little apparently by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's my perspective as a current KDE user:

    Would a KooKie and a glass of warm milK make you feel better?

    ;)

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  6. Re:What about Kubuntu 8.10? by Daengbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    For the real grammar Nazis: s/Nazi's/Nazis

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  7. Re:Why Is Everyone So Blue? by Lavene · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's with all the blue color schemes, anyway? Personally, I hate the blue desktops a lot of people seem to favor, finding them cold and lifeless.

    Blue? You think we'll use any random shade of blue? Of course not.