@bonedog73: It's not purple, it's aubergine [en.wikipedia.org]

@minibeardeath: Was the the first boot after installing? In order to optimize your boot performance, it needs to go through the boot process 2-3 times. It should get progressively faster. 1:38 is LONG though. Is this a default install? Do you have any scripts or anything installed that might somehow be prolonging…

@unabatedshagie: Did you read the previous comment. Your iPhone should work with Rhythmbox now...

@jrocknyc: When's the last time your tried it?

@drewg: There's also OpenShot

@helixed: Are you referring to anything specific because they fixed 102 usability papercuts this release and nearly 100 for the last release, so I wouldn't say that fixing usability problems isn't an issue. It's a major issue for them, and they're actively working on it. [www.omgubuntu.co.uk]

@PriyanPhoenix: True about the fluctuating usage, but you also have to average your plan's minimum. If my usage fluctuates a little above or below 100 minutes/month, it's still going to be cheaper for me to get a prepaid plan than pay for a 350 or 400 minute/month plan where more than half of my minutes are going to…

@kwheless: Sure some prepaid minutes expire in as little as 30 or 60 days, but if you buy (for example) 1000 minutes from T-mobile for $100, they last for 365 days and you become a "Gold Rewards member", meaning that any future purchase renews all minutes for an additional 365 days. So let's say you purchase 1000…

@DaveyNC: When I buy 1000 T-mobile minutes, I pay $8 in tax. You're only charged tax when you purchase minutes. No fees.

@WinduSucks: I don't get how you're getting $0.05/min with either of those companies. How long before your minutes expire? Even with Tracfone's double minutes deal, the prices aren't what you're quoting unless I'm missing something. At 900min for $80, you're at $0.088/min. And that's only for 90 days of service,…

@rnrxtreme: Exactly! As I said above, I tipped the scale even more towards prepaid by making most of my night/weekend calls via Skype for a whopping $30/year (or $2.50/mo) for unlimited minutes.

I analyzed my cell phone usage about a year ago and found that I could save a TON of money by refining my phone plan and habits. [encephalosponge.com]

My understanding was that the Zoho office would only be used in the Ubuntu Netbook Remix because OO.o was too resource depleting for most netbooks. It sounds like this article is asserting that Zoho will be replacing OO.o in Ubuntu, and I'm not sure that's the case. See here: [www.linuxuk.org]

@headclone: "Most people who know how to use Linux usually install it within 15 minutes of installing Ubuntu" I wouldn't be so sure of that...

@SlipperyCheese: It works on Chrome in Ubuntu 9.10 but not Firefox 3.6.3

VOTE: TaxSlayer

Vote: Banshee

Why do you make it sound as though XBMC is difficult to install on Linux? Maybe for some distros it is, I guess. With Ubuntu 9.10, it's as simple as opening Synaptic and installing xbmc (and maybe adding the team-xbmc PPA first if you want the latest version).

@sweetmonkey: As zupo said, you can use MythTV. I've heard there's a plugin for XBMC that will allow you to control your MythTV programming from within XBMC so you're able to just use the XBMC interface, but I haven't messed with it.

VOTE: Shutterfly