@Phoshi: It's true but most of us aren't professional graphic artist, and Gimp works for me just great actually but I get your point.

@tselby: No only proprietary one which is only exclusive to windows, I run all my programs on linux and have no problem been using Linux for the past two years, and I haven't needed windows since. The only programs you can't use are proprietary ones, and for most programs there are if not 1, there are many good and…

@smokeymaverick: actually that changed in the Ubuntu version you are Using, I came unto that surprise 2. They actually changed the way you could modify the splashscreen, because They wanted it to be ore streamlined for faster boot times.

@endolith: It works perfect for me, in every computer I install it in. But let's say I install it on my best friends computer, 2 days later for some random reason he's already having problems, I installed it 2 months ago on my laptop, after having it for 2 years on my desktop, and I haven't had one problem, it really…

@TheFu: I actually ha ven't had wireless issues with any laptop I have tried to install modern Distros. from macbooks, acers, HP's, toshibas, I have installed Ubuntu in those and more and only had trouble with one wifi and that was the HP and it was fixed in the next release so it wasn't that much of a problem. The…

@SilverBlade2k: yeah, it's basically a muxer with a few video tweakers

@askj113 wants a star!: Yes but pretty is not needed, you need functional and easy to use, and a lot needed features, codec support, muxing, transcoding that sort of deal, in an easy way

@sensibile: Yeah, i would say the interface isn't the prettiest, but it works and it works well, I for one like VLC, I use it for everything, it plays everything, and it is usually faster than most video players on all platforms.

@Avian00: Yeah I mentioned above you can do what they are explaining, jsut by downloading the .deb file in [Ubuntugeek.com] , and just simply installing it, it fixes the problem

Yeah I did this, because I found it annoying when the notifications appeared mid screen, and there is a much simpler way to do it. You just have to download this .deb file from here [www.ubuntugeek.com] and install it on your system and it gets the notifications back.

@sugardeath: jajajajjajaja

That's exactly what I did the other day when Google Open DNS was announced in their site they have a complicated way to do it.

@dchall8: Well what you call Cashew apples, in my country are called Marañon, we have them all over the place

@johnnymcnugget: I would say yes, i copied my entire collection with Handbrake and they look Identical. I recommend first copying the DVD to the hard drive using something like ripit, mac the ripper, or if on windows, DVDshrink, or something like that then configuring as many DVD's as you want to be converted or…

@YellowRex: yes but these are certain laptops, and certain systems that have this option, if google can conjure up an OS that can be incorporated into every computer, it would open up many possibilities.

well, now that I think about it, let's say you have a 5 GB partition on your system where you install this OS, when you want a fast start Up time of less than 10 seconds, if possible where you can check your email and browse, but that's the only use i see for it, a fast loading extra OS on very small partition, that…

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