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"This application shows Ubuntu logo over each city where Ubuntu Server is used. Data is collected through volunteers visiting this application and agreeing to mark their city"

You should check out a review if you haven't actually used the UI.

http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-natty-beta-1-review-screens...

You can view all the apps installed just fine. Ubuntu, unlike many distros, doesn't install 10 of every kind of app so I don't think its necessary.

Yes mostly on OS X but maybe also on Linux.

When I say debating I mean picking the least annoying one after having used all of them at their current version for a few days.

Using LTS delays the time between changes not the magnitude of the change.

At first I thought Unity was a stupid idea. That in Canoncial's quest to compete with OS X's "elegance" they were copying one of its most hated features, The Dock. However, after using Alpha 3 and Beta 1 a bit I feel like it is The Dock done right. It auto-hides but still reveals notifications. It does not abuse precious vertical screen real estate. It does not disconnect the act of finding apps to launch from apps that are running.

It is definitely not perfect and as is so common in open source it lacks polish. It abuses glow effects and is a bit non-intuitive in its finer details. However, it solves far more problems than its creating and is definitely a good change.

Whether it is a better change than Gnome Shell is another question and as I haven't used Gnome Shell I can only hope that one or both will push desktop usability ahead.

I don't think a hierarchical menu is needed. What purpose would that help with? I think instead they should focus on making it easy to search in the launcher.

One cool feature they have is that it can listed installed apps as expected but also apps available in Software Center. Hopefully, someone can search for "draw" and get appropriate apps listed. Or for "GIMP" and either launch of install the app.

I started using PwdHash (http://www.pwdhash.com) way back before it was so convenient to sync your KeePass DB with Dropbox.

I guess it basically uses a secret/master password as a salt combined with a website's address or other identifier to create a pseudorandom password for that site. No need to sync a database or worry about corruption. I do wonder if there are any security issues unique to it but have not heard of any so far.

I wrote an iOS app for PwdHash called Hashed (http://hashedapp.com). There are also browser plugins for Firefox and Chrome and a bookmarklet for any browser called SuperPwdHash (http://cynix.org/tools/superpwdhash).

I'm still debating on whether to use Firefox 4. Both Safari and Chrome seem to exhibit "lock ups" while opening a few tabs or while loading content. Maybe others have experience the same thing?

If only there wasn't some sort of machine that indexed a vast electronic knowledge base...

And no I'm not trying to troll.

OK, you got me.

I have not really seen any evidence of GIMP being that poor of a UI. The biggest complaint is the multi-window interface for which single-window mode is currently in alpha and should be out in a few months or so.

Exactly. And out of all the apps I use there was only one that triggered the Rosetta prompt; an open-source disk usage utility called Disk Inventory X. Users may not remember installing Rosetta but the fact is they and the developers have had plenty of time to find alternative solutions.

Wait? Why didn't Square increase their fee to 30%? I hear that's all the rage!

P.S. Thank you Square! I will be (as always) recommending this to my family members who run their own business where a large portion of their revenue comes from trade show sales.

Apple, I bought an iPad because I could watch movies in Netflix and read bookmarks in Instapaper, news in Reeder, and books in Kindle. Please send each $37.50 (30% of the iPad sale shared four ways) to each developer for bringing you a customer.

Or, optionally, stop acting like you, as a middle man, provides more added value than the developers that make your platform so damn profitable.

P.S. WebOS still looks pretty damn nice.

I completely missed the point that Amazon is charging >30% of price to publish to the Kindle. Not sure how I missed that...

Still seems like Apple's "implementation" is overly broad in comparison since the iPhone is much more than an eBook reader. However, I am starting to question whether it is quite as "evil" as I have been thinking for the past few days.

Seems like the important question is whether the price per MB is a cost imposed by Amazon or by AT&T (or whoever their 3G provider is). If Amazon is inflating the delivery cost then let Apple screw them over. If Amazon is being screwed over by AT&T then this article is pretty pointless.

I would be interested in seeing a similar map based on GDP per capita.

"THE HTML5 SHIRT — BUY IT! Every Man, Woman and Child can show their HTML5 Pride!"

As long as you wear a XL or smaller.

I can definitely attest to having this type of experience. My first time trying to rent a movie was quite miserable. I first tried renting it from iTunes like I do TV shows which apparently doesn't work. I then started streaming it from the Apple TV and was greeted with these wait times a couple times during the movie. I can't wait to try experimenting with this to see if that was indeed the cause.

Video is private and the text is just a synopsis of a linked article. If you actually follow to the article you will find an editorial not journalism. It uses words to imply communism and describes an awful day such as getting up at 6am, leaving for work by 6:40, eating on the go, and working long hours for overtime. All while repeatedly says that the conditions are better than elsewhere in China. Yet the title is "Why I don't want an iPhone for Christmas" and not "Why I won't buy 'Made in China' products."

I think this is a good example of why the profit motive is important. Maybe they could figure out how to lower costs instead of almost tripling costs if they had some incentive.

The question is, 'Will this name still make sense in ten years when it is released?'

Joking! Don't flame. All hail Wheezy!

I like that there is consistency in naming them when considering the periodic table. However, most people don't know the table well enough to know their atomic number, their classification (noble gas, halogen, etc.) nor would there be any connection between name and purpose. Rather you must know the meta-information about the element to know the purpose which makes this a well-suited convention for chemists but few others.

Something along the lines of, "Choice only matters if your choice is one of the choices," applies. Apple wasn't offering him his choice so he bought an Android. Yet he still acknowledges that the iPhone 4 may be a better phone.

His four main points are: openness, momentum, cloud, and capability. Android is definitely more open than iOS but Android's power depends on non-open software/services (Google). Android definitely has momentum but at their current rate it will still take years to match the iPhone's share of the market. Also, the Android app economy appears to be much weaker due to a cultural issue (rather than critical-mass issue). Cloud is a bit misleading as you can integrate Google's services with an iPhone almost as well as Android and iOS/MobileMe probably matches Android/Google albeit with a increase in cost and perhaps privacy. Capability is balanced by lack of usability.

I still think people are excusing flaws in Android due to frustration with Apple, hoping for "open" to win, etc.

I recently tried to switch to the Nokia N900 (Maemo OS, soon MeeGo OS) but found its capability did not balance its lack of usability.

Actually, what Apple said was, "...a smaller monitor with a high resolution that causes eyestrain and headaches." Imagine all the headaches iPhone 4 users are going to have.

I agree. I guess if they rated this 17+ or whatever it might be OK but I actually found it offensively suggestive.

Images suggesting oral sex, hand jobs, and anal sex... I would ban it too.

Ah, thank you for explaining that. I had thought I had heard about this in other printers as well.

Nitpick here, this is a list of color laser printers only.