What more do you want? Specific examples are key if you actually do care about trying to fix the UI.
Out of the box after you install Ubuntu from the LiveCD, by clicking the Applications (you know, the things you run?) menu:
Firefox: Good internet browser.
Evolution: Email client and reminders.
Tomboy (oops it uses mono): Keep track of notes, can load specific notes for a day. Helpful for Todo lists.
Calculator: Normal 4 function calculator with scientific mode if needed.
CD/DVD Burner: works well.
Screenshot Tool: press printscreen, save picture. Much better than Windows where you press the printscreen button and open up Paint to save it.
Pidgin: All in one IM client. Very customizable.
OpenOffice Word: can open all MS Office documents and is a good Office clone.
Rhythmbox Music Player: Keep track of music, works with lots of USB MP3 players (including iPods).
Totem Movie Player: Limited at first, but when you can't play something, it will prompt you to install the needed codec.
Add/Remove: Miles ahead of anything MacOSX and Microsoft has EVER done. Takes care of everything FOR you: downloading, updating, installing, etc. Just search for what you want through the left side or in the search tab.
It's so easy my girlfriend uses it by herself.
Drivers are handled automatically out of the box. No other OS can actually brag about having the highest device support. If it does not work instantly, chances are there will be a prompt to download and install the driver.
The only issues I think are the most common AND frustrating are installing WiFi drivers through ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper is finicky, but when you get it working it works perfect), relearning all the programs you want to use to do the same things you want to do, Windows games and using Wine, and the fact you will have to do a lot of Googling to do advanced stuff. Luckily more and more WiFi cards are being supported out of the box and Wine is getting much better.
I use Virgin Mobile Prepaid for that. I can check my dollar balance anytime on my phone, how many minutes I have remaining, how many texts I have remaining, and even change plans!
When my account hit's $0 the phone instantly stops accepting and handling phone calls if I have no minutes, and stops accepting texts if I have none left.
I spend about $10 a month on a cell phone.
Disclaimer: I do not work for them, but I love their cheap service. I refuse to use contracts.
Not only do AMD CPUs do that, but my OS does it for me too.
My Ubuntu laptop with cpudyn and cpufrequtils installed automatically lowers the clockspeed to minimum when the cpu is less than 10% and increases it as it's needed.
I also use cpulimit to make processes always take up only a specific % cpu or less.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20217~r.83761366
It's a pretty cheap and cool little product. GP32X.com has a pretty good forum too.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20217~r.83761366
If you want to buy one here you go.
There's also a nice little commmunity on GP32X.com where you can download programs and ask for help.
Wine.
Adblock blocks those ads too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?p=D981B222DD3B7FED&feature=SeriesPlayList&v=Dt0pTCXjLwE
This is just an example, but an Ad plays before in Opera. Not on my Firefox with Adblock.
So instead of taking 1 million years to brute force, it will take .9 million years?
I totally made up those numbers but that's about the difference.
The message to would-be scammers is: don't get caught.
I'm an ed user you insensitive clod!
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What more do you want? Specific examples are key if you actually do care about trying to fix the UI.
Out of the box after you install Ubuntu from the LiveCD, by clicking the Applications (you know, the things you run?) menu:
Firefox: Good internet browser.
Evolution: Email client and reminders.
Tomboy (oops it uses mono): Keep track of notes, can load specific notes for a day. Helpful for Todo lists.
Calculator: Normal 4 function calculator with scientific mode if needed.
CD/DVD Burner: works well.
Screenshot Tool: press printscreen, save picture. Much better than Windows where you press the printscreen button and open up Paint to save it.
Pidgin: All in one IM client. Very customizable.
OpenOffice Word: can open all MS Office documents and is a good Office clone.
Rhythmbox Music Player: Keep track of music, works with lots of USB MP3 players (including iPods).
Totem Movie Player: Limited at first, but when you can't play something, it will prompt you to install the needed codec.
Add/Remove: Miles ahead of anything MacOSX and Microsoft has EVER done. Takes care of everything FOR you: downloading, updating, installing, etc. Just search for what you want through the left side or in the search tab.
It's so easy my girlfriend uses it by herself.
Drivers are handled automatically out of the box. No other OS can actually brag about having the highest device support. If it does not work instantly, chances are there will be a prompt to download and install the driver.
The only issues I think are the most common AND frustrating are installing WiFi drivers through ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper is finicky, but when you get it working it works perfect), relearning all the programs you want to use to do the same things you want to do, Windows games and using Wine, and the fact you will have to do a lot of Googling to do advanced stuff. Luckily more and more WiFi cards are being supported out of the box and Wine is getting much better.
Oh, and it's all free.
This can be great advertising:
"Ubuntu: updating and restarting is cliche. Continue to work while staying updated and secure."
I'm not a marketing person so let someone else handle that part. But the idea is clear though.
Hey, I (along with the rest of my frat, our school hockey team, and most of the town) was in Paris Hilton, you insensitive clod!
Fixed
there's more Chinese people than any other ethic group. Chances are because you are posting on Slashdot with perfect English YOU are a minority.
I'm pretty sure hispeed data transfer from male end to the female port would be bad in this case.
OUT OF THE BOX
Linux Mint.
http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php
Laptop.
Get a prepaid phone?
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/rates/home.do
I use Virgin Mobile Prepaid for that. I can check my dollar balance anytime on my phone, how many minutes I have remaining, how many texts I have remaining, and even change plans!
When my account hit's $0 the phone instantly stops accepting and handling phone calls if I have no minutes, and stops accepting texts if I have none left.
I spend about $10 a month on a cell phone.
Disclaimer: I do not work for them, but I love their cheap service. I refuse to use contracts.
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/rates/home.do Make sure you check and see which plan you like though. I do a lot of texting, so I only have a texting plan, the $5 a month one.
Not only do AMD CPUs do that, but my OS does it for me too.
My Ubuntu laptop with cpudyn and cpufrequtils installed automatically lowers the clockspeed to minimum when the cpu is less than 10% and increases it as it's needed.
I also use cpulimit to make processes always take up only a specific % cpu or less.
Your heat from the laptop killed the battery. You should have taken it out when you didn't use it and left it plugged in.
The sad thing is nobody would notice the difference if the skin was good enough.
No, it will be your fault for making an unsustainable website.
If you bend space around the ship so that it "falls" like it's gravitating toward something it technically isn't moving.
Yes the engines are moving the universe around it by bending space.
At least you didn't read that as burning balls. I had that one night when I ate spicy food and it splattered everywhere in the toilet.
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Filter error: You can type more than that for your comment.
Youtube flash player also support Closed captioning, Tag editor etc.
I am not sure if this can be replace by a HTML 5 browser + JavaScript
You obviously have never coded dynamic web pages. Yes you can.
Let's look at that as an example. What a great success that was. (This is sarcasm guys)