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You can install Skype in Ubuntu.

http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/

No, as we don't need antivirus in Windows too.


Comprimise what is most valuable in your computer - your data. Documents, photos, sheets, they are all stored in /home/username, and do not need a...

I'm ok with "stable as in old" packages for the core system, but rolling release applications is a must imho.

do you use a graphical login manager (KDM?)? Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it only works when you use startx.

Felix Dies Natalis Solis Invicti!

And games used to be distributed in 1.44 MB floppy disks. And then they moved to 700MB CDs, then 4GB DVDs and so...

maybe you should more about different browsers than different distros

There are no useful apps in backports and PPAs break very frenquently.

this was my point

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Yes, but it is only on your post, not on the thread

Microsoft Office 2010, TeXnicCenter and R

What, you don't have this feature in Ubuntu. You are stuck with six months olds apps in Ubuntu, and you have to update the whole OS to have your apps updated every six months. Meanwhile Windows XP...

What YOU want.

Mark Shuttleworth, who else?

You mean, like Avast and ClamAV?

I have been an Arch users for years, and yes I feel your pain.

A bare minimal system is not an "advantage" of Arch, as you can do the same thing with ubuntu minimal disk. Their real advantage is...

It works for me. To each their own. For some people it is ubuntu, for some it is not.

I have completely switched to Linux once, but now I have completely switched back to Windows

"I don't really care about OSS, just what tool is best"

but you'll be stuck with 5 year old applications

I remember I once wrote a perl script to calculate planetary hours using one of the following modules for the sunrise and sunset:
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I thought this was the new ubuntu release

I like Sonata and Quod Libet

My unity hate is still very hot

You can try to play it, but you can't complain if it does not work. You can't expect them to support it.