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Wish they would stop with the silly names
Just name it Ubuntu 8 and drop the cutesy names. I hate looking for software and it the download says "works with Gutsy"...is mine Gutsy?
Posted by: otaddy   Posted on: 02/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Wish they would stop with the silly names  otaddy | 02/03/08
Re: Wish they...  christopherborne@... | 02/03/08
Yes, MS marketing is bad  otaddy | 02/03/08
I love the silly names  a.duprez@... | 02/04/08
And, when they get to the one...  Dr. John | 02/06/08
re: Wish they...  christopherborne@... | 02/03/08
Those are just nick names. And, I do like the version numbers since  DonnieBoy | 02/03/08
The numbers are fine, its the names  otaddy | 02/03/08
sorry, but I've never seen "gibbon" used.  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
Why?????  LazLong | 02/03/08
As opposed to . . . .  JLHenry | 02/04/08
The names really help when searching for information.  enduser_z | 02/04/08
Certainly improving much faster than Windows. And, runs better than Vista  DonnieBoy | 02/03/08
ubuntu is slow, slow, slow!  qmlscycrajg | 02/03/08
Huh?  FreewheelinFrank | 02/03/08
Bull!!  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
typo?  rtk | 02/04/08
Ubuntu is slow,  Update victim | 02/04/08
Vista is slowww  jobert48@... | 02/04/08
vista?  entrailsrippedfromavirgin | 02/04/08
Those specs  daengbo | 02/04/08
Xubuntu and Low-end Hardware  pj_mouse | 02/05/08
AMD K6-2 has a flaw  Spats30 | 02/05/08
Compared to what? nt  Dr. John | 02/06/08
What brand...  joe.smetona@... | 02/07/08
Along those lines.  joe.smetona@... | 02/07/08
Not so Donnie boy  otaddy | 02/03/08
correction...your HARDWARE supports Vista...not the other way  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
don't blame Linux  BroGnorik | 02/04/08
What a ridiculous assumption  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/04/08
hmmmm....  marcfinnwilson@... | 02/04/08
Runson Anything  pj_mouse | 02/04/08
Yes you are partly correct,  BroGnorik | 02/04/08
Why would they need to?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/05/08
How can Linux developers fix it?  voska1 | 02/04/08
Who's to Blame?  marc@... | 02/04/08
Drivers for hardware  BroGnorik | 02/04/08
Really?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/05/08
Then why does my nVidia driver misbehave on Vsita?  I am Gorby | 02/05/08
Conservative approach  pjotr123 | 02/03/08
Ubuntu 8.10 is pure marketing  qmlscycrajg | 02/03/08
ohh...wonderful post....full of....  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
pure marketing? what about the updating it does, too? (nt)  shryko | 02/04/08
This implies 7.10 is not stable  otaddy | 02/03/08
One big difference...  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
Sure I'll Vista time..  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/04/08
Fastest Torrent client out there: Deluge  D. T. Schmitz | 02/03/08
bad link  D. T. Schmitz | 02/03/08
Looks good!  otaddy | 02/03/08
Thanks for the Info!  joe.smetona@... | 02/07/08
More software for the financially destitute...  Mike Cox | 02/03/08
MS OSA?  FreewheelinFrank | 02/03/08
word up  D. T. Schmitz | 02/03/08
LOL...I love the "hardware requirements' backhander happy  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
9.8 - Gotta like your financial analyst  BanjoPaterson | 02/04/08
9.9, and giving 110%, as usual.  heres_johnny | 02/04/08
LMAO  MartijnV | 02/11/08
Looking forward to it.  FreewheelinFrank | 02/03/08
Ugliest wrapping of them all  pjotr123 | 02/03/08
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder  mdsmedia | 02/04/08
Guess it's personal  FreewheelinFrank | 02/04/08
They could update the taskbar  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/04/08
One Word...  joe.smetona@... | 02/07/08
Pachyderm skin wallpaper?  LazLong | 02/03/08
Another bad link....(and NYG wins 17/14)  LazLong | 02/03/08
... to each their own- exactly  FreewheelinFrank | 02/04/08
Gee, I like the wallpaper  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/04/08
Ubuntu Wallpapers  pj_mouse | 02/05/08
Thanks!  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/05/08
This implies 7.10 was a flop  qmlscycrajg | 02/04/08
not so, upgraded all my fiesty fawns to 7.10  stevey_d | 02/04/08
No -regular 6 month release  BanjoPaterson | 02/04/08
Does anybody know if  BroGnorik | 02/04/08
Try the Live-CD  pjotr123 | 02/04/08
I am going to wait until the final release  BroGnorik | 02/04/08
could be any number of issues...  shryko | 02/04/08
I want them to do that too. BUT...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/05/08
want to show off your graphics hardware?  marcfinnwilson@... | 02/04/08
Isn't Compiz-fusion installed by default?  KWierso | 02/04/08
ATI/AMD and Nvidia support Linux  marcfinnwilson@... | 02/04/08
the same for Vista  marcfinnwilson@... | 02/04/08
Features Good - Bloat Bad  sunnata1 | 02/04/08
I dunno . . .  JLHenry | 02/04/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  cisaac1@... | 02/04/08
Two choices  daengbo | 02/04/08
There are a couple of ways  craiglarry | 02/05/08
wait until you try 8.04!!!  marcfinnwilson@... | 02/04/08
Source?  MartijnV | 02/11/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  Billy.Jones@... | 02/04/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  pmunck@... | 02/04/08
Mispelling  pmunck@... | 02/04/08
64 bit?  Sagax- | 02/04/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  dalechurch@... | 02/04/08
I think  daengbo | 02/04/08
Yes. wireless 'brick'  wp2008 | 02/08/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  IT-ProBloke | 02/04/08
What were the specific problems  mhenriday | 02/05/08
What about KDE 4?  John Musbach | 02/05/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  ubu_f@... | 03/03/08
RE: Ubuntu 8.04  slugga2115@... | 03/04/08
not like that!!  kokophone@... | 03/12/08

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