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    Re: having a "crisis of faith"

    If you really want to play your games, don't feel bad about dual-booting (you'll have to jump through more hoops, though, to put Windows on an Ubuntu machine than you would putting Ubuntu on a...
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    Poll: Re: Should Apple port iTunes to Linux?

    I have a mac and I use iTunes exclusively (except for occasional Pandora) for both music and podcasts. I like that when I'm on another computer on my network I can listen to my own music over the...
  3. Re: If you could delete one word from the English language

    utilize.

    I know of no occasion where "use" could not be substituted. "Utilize" only lets middle-managers (and the like) feel like they're sounding smart without having to actually know anything.
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    Re: What are you reading or have recently read?

    Assuming, of course, that you've read all five books in the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, I've read (not very recently) a good book called The Life of Pi
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    Re: I like what I see! Firefox 3.0 Grand Paradiso

    I just installed it -- it's remarkably stable for an alpha (only a few "quirks"). Although it is very similar to 2.0
    It actually kept all my stuff from 2.0 (which is still there, BTW) which is very...
  6. Poll: Re: Share with the community your gutsy install/upgrade experience

    Worked flawlessly for me. I went from Feisty to Gutsy. I have various 3rd party software and repos -- the upgrade simply disabled any incompatible repos. Compiz Fusion works great!!

    The upgrade...
  7. Re: lets seen some screen shots

    stop staring at me, SWAN!!!
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    Re: Ubuntu users! Who are you?

    25 year old, out-of-work graphic designer in San Francisco (mission district). I enjoy breaking my computer from time to time. ;)
    I'm probably going to have to learn web programming since every job...
  9. Thread: Stout Scarab

    by maharbA
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    Re: Stout Scarab

    Maybe you should suggest that for the name of Ubuntu 13.10.
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    Re: Hardy is a new Bird

    Orange and Black?
    GO GIANTS
  11. Re: Improve (potentially halve) login time by using readahead

    WOW!

    Great how-to. I only did the first 2 parts (since I auto login to my main user there's no wait before login -- should I go ahead and do part 3?) but hot damn my login is fast. Ubuntu already...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    I dual-boot. I need XP for estimating software and digitizer/take-off support (does anyone know of linux alternatives?)

    I use Ubuntu for "everyday" use, such as web and email, because it takes...
  13. Re: Improve (potentially halve) login time by using readahead

    F8) = F8
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    Re: What are you listening to right now?

    Toots and the Maytals
  15. Re: Anyone thinking of converting to KDE once 4 is released?

    My first Ubuntu (Breezy) started with a K. But since edgy I've been using Gnome (I was playing with Beryl and Avant Window Navigator and I had to practically install Gnome to run them, so I...
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