There are a number of quotes in the article from the originator of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, Mark Shuttleworth, that clearly attest to the fact he is completely missing what so many people find wrong with Unity.
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What should we do with Free Software users who don't contribute to it in any way?
This page was born as an answer to an Italian article titled "Open Source, I want everything now and I won't give anything back".
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How to Remove (Hide) Users list at login Screen in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
One of the new features in Ubuntu 9.10 is it show the currently available users list at login screen if you want to hide this just follow one of the following method
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Linux Documentation From A User's Viewpoint
Linux newbie and excellent writer Emery Fletcher weighs in on the subject of documentation for Linux users, and why it is a good thing.
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The proprietary sins of an average GNU/Linux user
New distros seem to pop-up every day in the GNU/Linux world. The majority of them try to be as FREE as possible, however when attempting to install a distribution on a new PC of a common next door user, you will probably find (I sure did) that you can’t avoid falling into these two proprietary sins:
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What Does a User Cost?
Godin writes today about embracing the "lifetime value" of a customer. Open source projects may not have customers, but it pays to think about the lifetime value of users as well.
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Both Developers and Users Are Not Interested in Mono
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Is Debian listening to its users?
For some time ago I’ve been pondering about this question. As long as GSoC 2009 is about to start and people are looking for project ideas, I’m posting here a very preliminar draft of my findings and an idea for a posible software project.
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Good Linux Users Don’t Talk About Microsoft
Is it all too typical on the internet to hear a Linux user go full-on zealot style and say, "YEAH! I use Linux! F**k Microsoft! You people are sheeple! Down with the status quo!" Blah, blah, blah, frickin’ blah.
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How Many Linux Users Are There (Really)?
How many Linux users are there really? It's a darn good question, and there isn't a darn good answer. In one way, we're all Linux users now.
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Are you an "average" user?
Everybody uses in their arguments the yardstick of the average user. This is the user that people measure the suitability of an operating system and form their arguments around. This brought a few questions to my mind. What exactly is an average user? How are they defined? What criteria are needed to put people in an "average user" box?
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The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users
Using free and open source software (FOSS), advocates like to say, is not a popularity contest. It's about doing what's right. However, the Debian and Ubuntu Popularity Contest projects might disagree.
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A sad/happy tale of Mandriva community decline/growth
Controversy in the Mandriva world this afternoon. Vincent Danen is all doom and gloom, citing declining numbers of posts to mailing lists as evidence of a shrinking community.
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Recently Internetnews.com had a story that Canonical the company behind the Linux distribution Ubuntu, estimates that 8 million plus people use it’s popular operating system.
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The free software ecosystem and its denizens
Free software is a remarkable phenomenon. It is a highly evolved form of collaboration: compared to other creative endeavors, free software developers all over the world are able to work together on a project with surprisingly little friction.
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