Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
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MS has now lost the leader of the Company and the leader of the Vista OS project that is years behind schedule. It doesn't bode well for MS, and it appears Vista will become the next OS/2.
Most smart PC users will be moving up to Macs... the writing is on the wall... No Viruses, better software, and a dream to code for... The smart money is on Apple for the next few decades.
http://www.apple.com/imac/
http://www.apple.com/macmini/
http://www.apple.com/macbook/
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
http://www.apple.com/macpro/
" It doesn't bode well for MS, and it appears Vista will become the next OS/2.
Most smart PC users will be moving up to Macs... the writing is on the wall... No Viruses, better software, and a dream to code for... "
Omg what an idiot, people are moving to MACS? who the hell in their right mind will move to a mac, really?
no viruses is a lie, better software? Nah its just rebadged linux with less support and less options.
All in all macos needs to be dropped and they need to start installing windows on their machines and selling them.
So Myles, so you're actually advising Open Source then? Or are you more about selling whatever leads to the highest overall profit margin and who cares about the customer (until they stop generating profit because then we move in some account manager to wine and dine them into their next mistake, errr, strategic investment)?