@TedTheBellhop: That something else being "app tabs". From Google Code:

@Nitesh Singh: You don't need System Restore to go back to Windows 3.11, silly! Just click here: [www.michaelv.org]

The site is now [sparse.ly] . [Flocking.me] was shut down due to a trademark infringement.

@techfox: @Prairie Moon: Thank you both for the tips and for being understanding! I guess I'll make a persistent Ubuntu LiveCD on a USB stick again. That's where it all started — when I didn't have any issues with partitions to begin with.

@techfox: @Richard James Gordon Milne: I wanted to try Ubuntu as a standalone OS because it's very lightweight. Using it on top of Windows — as I did using Virtualbox — defeats that purpose.

@Buster Friendly: As I said, the problem is that things that shouldn't be messed with are *right there*, clicks away. Meanwhile, installing basic software can sometimes only be done via command prompt, which is really annoying. It's counterintuitive.

@TheFu: Oh it can, doesn't mean it should. I meant Windows can't run *well* without rebooting *from time to time*, sorry for the mix-up.

@Swimatm: Cats!

I f*****g hate Linux!

@TheFu: "rebooting a computer is necessary and sometimes beneficial"

@ripfire: Just go to "Indexing Options" in the Control Panel, click Modify and uncheck the folders with all those raunchy videos from "I Love Toy Trains".

@dsh: "Wrap it in a lettuce leaf", says SuziJane, who took this picture.

@EndlessBliss: Thank you! That, and thermal paste, should do the trick.

@lugsy: I swore never to dismantle my laptop again. Too much work, too many steps and fragile-looking wires and teeny-tiny screws to deal with again. I'll probably pay someone a few bucks to spare me the trouble.

@1112: Bought it December '08, so it could be a thermal paste problem! (By the way, it's this laptop.)

My laptop overheats. The cooler's clean, the processor's not running on 100% (also, I use Process Tamer), the vents are not blocked and granted, it never crashed from overheating. But it has an AMD processor. Yes, it is bound to overheat — it reaches 100°C when playing HD movies, according to Core Temp — but isn't…

@whiteflea: Try Twidroid. And if you get really addicted and you don't have Motoblur, use Twidgit on your home screen.

@Buster Friendly: I'm not a fan of Seesmic, I think Twidroid does a better job, mostly for one thing: it's easier to access links in tweets.

@soggy_cheerio: And it needs an option to always show replies. I liked it the old way!

@liebezeit: Choose your poison: [chrome.google.com]