So I thought I would give you ten reasons why you shouldn't use Ubuntu so when your Ubuntu-loving friends tell you about it you can be armed with some reasons why you would rather use Windows.
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Installation of Software is Too Easy–With Ubuntu you only have to click on the Synaptic and click [...]

Below is a command running which will get most of the packages related to Mono and MonoDevelop installed on your Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon(7.10) operating system.
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The issue of Dell Ubuntu pricing is causing a storm of consternation among visitors to the Dell blog IdeaStorm.
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It's hard to believe that Dell is serious about its well-publicised program to put Linux computers on the global market when there are blatantly obvious instances where the limited range of Ubuntu notebooks [...]

It seems Ubuntu uses the hard drive default settings, while Windows uses its own set of values. A fix has been posted at the forum.
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We wish we could say that Ubuntu is the best alternative to Windows; sadly, it isn't. It took a LONG time to get all these programs running, and MANY sleepless nights of bug fixing.
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In the end, Ubuntu just isn't worth the effort. It's a shame, because we really were cheering for the operating [...]

TheRegister: Canonical's release of a fresh version of Ubuntu has been met with plenty of grumbles. And now we find some other open source players trying to cash in on Ubuntu's issues.
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Ubuntu – even with its gooey, hippy-center – seems to suffer from much of the same bad karma as other [...]

Ubuntu has the momentum to become the de-facto operating system for some. Ubuntu just needs more time to mature for the majority.
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It is a matter of time before Linux becomes more widely used but I’m afraid that it is just not yet. Computer users demand to play games and [...]

I recently received a Nokia 6300 as a birthday present. Not knowing a thing about Bluetooth, I set out on a quest to learn more about this protocol — more specifically, how to use it in Ubuntu.
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It is an annoyance when you just want to run one of the JVM instead of another for a specific task, then having to switch to another JVM for other tasks.
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In this issue we cover new MOTU Team members and MOTU council changes, the release of Full Circle Magazine #6, the release of Launchpad 1.1.10, the Ubunteros Tribe on TribalWars, Ubuntu Forum News, and, as always, much much more!
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #63 for the weekOctober 21st – October 27th, 2007. In [...]

I decided to try to use Ubuntu to manage the info on my LG VX8300 wireless phone over Bluetooth. Come to find out, as with most things in Ubuntu, it?s not that hard!
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Dell's little playmate, the Linux Dell's pre-loading on a few of its PCs, clearly has designs on Novell's place in line behind Red Hat, the Linux leader.
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Of course, such a thing needs multinational OEMs picking Ubuntu up and so far, other than Dell's modest commitment, Ubuntu on the server side [...]

Ubuntu can be installed using other methods as well, which might prove handy in some circumstances. For example, let's say you want to install Ubuntu on a computer that has no CD/DVD-ROM drive.
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Install Ubuntu from a network server
For this task, you will need another computer that has Ubuntu installed (and working) [...]

Yeah, another of *those* tutorials. If you use Ubuntu 7.10, and you want those wobbly windows and Avant, read on and get a shiny, bling-filled desktop with convenient controls to turn everything on and off.
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Use the bling-on.sh file to turn on Compiz, then Avant. Compiz has to be running, or Avant will look [...]

As you all know, I am a HUGE PCLOS fan. It is my distro of choice. However, with Dell selling systems with Ubuntu pre-installed, I know I will be getting some calls about what to do.
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All of the other standard apps are here that let you browse the Internet, check your [...]

Since we couldn't find the binaries to reinstall the Asus custom version of Xandros, and had Ubuntu 7.10 CDs sitting around, we thought we'd give the Gibbon another spin.
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The Gibbonfest continues. We've just had an Asus Eee in to look at – the £220 laptop that everyone who's seen it is [...]

Unlike many other Linux distributions (read Mandriva et al), the Ubuntu developers have not succumbed to providing the proprietary codecs and drivers out of the box.
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In fact, they have walked a fine line by making sure the distribution remains Free as in freedom, at the same time have made it very simple for [...]

After noticing the Google Trends from a lifehacker post, I decided to check out how well Linux is faring against windows.
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It seems that Ubuntu is slowly overcoming Windows XP in search popularity and even though Vista is still ahead which I will attribute in part to the ridiculous hype it has received. [...]

Contains : Step-by-Step Ubuntu Feisty > Gutsy upgrade, How-To : Run Photoshop Plugins in GIMP, Set up Samba and Scribus pt.6, Top 5 – Racing Games, Interview with John Philips (Open Font Library)+ Letters, Q&A, MyDesktop and more!
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Contains : * Step-by-Step Ubuntu Feisty > Gutsy upgrade * How-To : Run Photoshop [...]

1.5 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Intel Corp. Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Video Card. Dual boots with Ubuntu and Windows Vista.
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Ubuntu detected all the hardware but the Atheros AR5BXB63 wireless card. Installing the Windows driver with NDIS Wrapper didn't seem to work, so I just [...]

Once you've installed Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon, follow these steps at PCWorld to avoid headaches and make your new OS feel like home.
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Add DVD Support
For legal reasons, Ubuntu lacks a small system library that decrypts the video on most commercial DVDs. The system's default media player isn't quite DVD-ready, either. Luckily, everything we [...]

In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go.
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The LAMP option means you don't have to install and integrate each of the four separate LAMP components, a process which can [...]

With Active Directory authentication uses the Kerberos 5 protocol, and account information uses LDAP. Therefore we need to configure Kerberos 5 and LDAP on Ubuntu in order to manage users in an Active Directory.
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The purpose of this article is not to emphasize the strengths and merits of Ubuntu user experience, but instead to shed a brighter light on areas that have been neglected due to shortage of time and resources, usability testing, and various software and artwork defects.
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I hope those who are sometimes overprotective of [...]

So what exactly went wrong with enabling these desktop effects, and why do they cause your PC so much misery?
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We struggled a lot in the beginning to get the “Windows Wobble” and “Workspaces on a Cube” effects to work without crashing the OS. But when it did work, it was so much [...]

A recent bug report for Ubuntu Linux has confirmed that both the Feisty and Gutsy versions of Ubuntu cause some unnecessary wear and tear on a hard drive.
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Load/Unload refers to a device that controls the position of the sliders on a hard drive. If you think about a hard drive as an [...]

So you just upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy and you cannot get the Internet to work?
A way to solve and analyze it is at lockergnome
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You appear to have a LAN connection or Network-Manager is allowing you to connect to your access point, yet when you type in http://www.google.com, the domain will not resolve – it just [...]

rTorrent is a lightweight client running from the terminal. Being able to run it in a screen session (also upon boot) makes it ideal to also control it from a remote location.
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You can create a Firefox profile in Windows and set it up so that Ubuntu uses the exact same profile.
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Why would that be nice to have? Any bookmarks, extensions, and options you configure in Windows will be used in Ubuntu as well. You won?t have to spend extra time trying [...]

TuxMachines gives the row of “Why Ubuntu sucks” a critical look and tells us how we all can create that kind of articles.
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So how does it work?
(1) Get someone who is intentionally biased to write.
In this case of the above articles, Randall Kennedy. Clearly anti-Linux and Pro-Microsoft. Don't believe? Check his past [...]