For which country???

I don't think a hotmail address is a negative thing in a CV. But it definitely is, if your employee uses it!

I'm an Opera user, and I think Opera is trying to catch up on JavaScript speed even if it's not that important as Google wants us to believe.

Opera has had this function built-in for years.

Pidgin

Poor Ubuntu rebuild; disadvantages of a limited and contrled distro with no additional benefits

VOTE: DropBox #onlinebackup

I heard a lot of things about the boot-up and shutdown times, but since I use it in a Desktop it wasn't so important to me.

VOTE:Update Manager! #hivefive

@MosesMonster: I do the same whenever I can. We have a microwave oven at the office.

VOTE:GNOME

Guys, all graphs must start in Zero.

VOTE: Foxit

What? the poll turned around at last minute??

VOTE: Pidgin

I have to admit it is a very simple and useful idea; you get to wonder why nobody at Mozilla thought of it.

I always try to research things before asking, but if I know someone else can quickly give the solution, I try not to loose too much time.

Those are not OS features but applications.

@TheTick: I tryed a lot of different OSes, including Win7; and all worked.

You forgot the most important novelty: Symetric Multi-Processor Support (SMP)!!!