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== Why I Am Abandoning Ubuntu == |
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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>|| | I have used Ubuntu since Jaunty. I have now reached the point where I can no longer, in all good conscience, use it. Below are some of the reasons: |
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| == About Me == | * Ridiculous Amazon/Facebook/BBC et al searches - ill-thought out and ill-implemented. |
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| ||<style="border:none;" |5>{{attachment:GaryMellor.jpg|Me}}||<style="border:none;">'''Email:'''||<style="border:none;"><<MailTo(mellor DOT gary AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk)>>|| ||<style="border:none;">'''IRC:'''||<style="border:none;">'''garyjmellor''' on irc.freenode.net|| ||<style="border:none;">'''Launchpad:||<style="border:none;">''' [[https://launchpad.net/~garyjmellor|https://launchpad.net/~garyjmellor]]|| ||<style="border:none;">'''LUG:||<style="border:none;">''' [[http://www.staffslug.org.uk|StaffsLUG]]|| ||<style="border:none;">'''Keys:'''||<style="border:none;">To be updated after system rebuild|| |
* Canonical riding roughshod over user's (read The Community's) privacy and concerns therein. |
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| '''Background:''' I'm 33 years old and live in England. I am a professional software tester with around 9 years' experience in the industry. I have worked for the following companies: | * Mark Shuttleworth: SABDFL - now becomes less tongue-in-cheek and decidedly more sinister. |
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| * [[http://www.o3sis.com|o3sis AG]] (''Research and Development'') * [[http://www.synectics-solutions.com|Synectics Solutions Ltd]] (''Data Cleanser'') * [[http://www.surfcontrol.com|SurfControl Plc]] (''Test Engineer'', ''Senior Test Engineer'') * [[http://www.appsense.com|AppSense Ltd]] (''Test Engineer'') * [[http://www.jumar-solutions.com|Jumar Solutions Ltd]] (''Test Manager'') |
* Unity. |
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| I have been using Ubuntu for around eighteen months and really like it - so much so that I'm now testing it! I love the whole idea of FOSS and like helping to help shape Ubuntu for the community. | * Lenses - get in the way and hinder me. |
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| == Why Do I Use Ubuntu? == | * HUD - I want a proper menu. If I wanted bells, whistles and shiny, shiny I'd have a Mac - and God knows I hate Apple! |
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| Having been exposed to Windows 'features' for as long as I can remember in both personal and professional realms, I was on the look out for alternatives. Sure, Windows is OK if you're non-technical and prepared to accept its flaws/second best (maybe non-techies don't even notice them?) - but there had to be a viable alternative. | * Mark Shuttleworth/Canonical have lost the plot and are no longer listening to the needs and concerns of its user base and are doing what they want regardless. This seems completely against their former ethos and smacks of Microsoft mentality - treat your customers with contempt and dictate to them how they use their software. |
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| I'd heard about Linux and after some thorough Googling during my lunch breaks and free time, I plumped for Ubuntu and I haven't looked back. After just one week of having a dual boot system I decided that Ubuntu (Karmic) was infinitely better than any Windows OS and got rid of the Windows partition completely. | |
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| I have tried other distros: openSUSE, Mandriva, Fedora and Gentoo but I still much prefer Ubuntu. | I have moved over to [[http://www.linuxmint.com|Linux Mint Debian]] - and how refreshing it is! |
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| == My Machine == | Head over and see how much more of a productive environment this distro is. |
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| I have a Lenovo G550 (2958), which is currently running Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick). Here are the specs: ||Architecture||X64|| ||Chipset||Mobile Intel® GM45 Express|| ||Graphics||NVIDIA® Ge''''''Force® G105M|| ||HDD||128GB Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5-inch SATA 6GB/s~-^[1]^-~|| ||CPU||Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor (X9100 - 3.06 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 6M Cache)~-^[2]^-~|| ||RAM||Crucial 8GB SODIMM DDR3 (1066 MHz)~-^[3]^-~|| ||W/NIC||Intel® PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh]|| My machine cold boots in around 18 seconds and powers down in around 4 seconds so I'm really pleased with the performance! ~-^[1]^-~ ~-Replaces manufacturer's standard HDD (Fujitsu/Toshiba SATA 500GB @ 5400rpm).-~ ~-^[2]^-~ ~-Replaces manufacturer's standard CPU (Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (T6600 - 2.20GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2M Cache).-~ ~-^[3]^-~ ~-Replaces manufacturer's standard RAM (Nanya 4GB SODIMM DDR3 (1066MHz)).-~ I also have Natty (11.04) sitting in Virtual''''''Box for testing. == Testing Interests == Having looked at the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities|Testing Team Activities]] I was interested in testing the following areas: * ISO Testing * Laptop testing (naturally) * General Testing == Hobbies & Interests == I weight train in my spare time and also enjoy bike riding. In my fitter, more youthful days, I have cycled to the coast for charitable causes on several occasions. The most I have cycled in a day is 126 miles. I enjoy watching films either in the comfort of my own living room or at the cinema. Some of my favourite films include Event Horizon, Glory, Predator, Titanic and Unbreakable. I like travelling and have spent 3 months in Australia, 9 months in Germany and I've been to various other places on holiday with my favourite place being the Maldives. I'm fascinated with technology and spend many hours performing what I have termed 'geekery' :D . The last gadget I bought was a HTC Desire HD mobile phone. Lastly, I find theoretical subjects, philosophy and reasoned debate very engaging. I read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and found it to be really interesting and thought provoking so I have now picked up another of his books called The God Delusion. One of my favourite popular science books is A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I don't pretend to understand it all but I really enjoy the subject matter and thinking upon it afterwards. ---- CategoryHomepage |
'''I doubt I will ever use Ubuntu again.''' |
Why I Am Abandoning Ubuntu
I have used Ubuntu since Jaunty. I have now reached the point where I can no longer, in all good conscience, use it. Below are some of the reasons:
- Ridiculous Amazon/Facebook/BBC et al searches - ill-thought out and ill-implemented.
- Canonical riding roughshod over user's (read The Community's) privacy and concerns therein.
- Mark Shuttleworth: SABDFL - now becomes less tongue-in-cheek and decidedly more sinister.
- Unity.
- Lenses - get in the way and hinder me.
- HUD - I want a proper menu. If I wanted bells, whistles and shiny, shiny I'd have a Mac - and God knows I hate Apple!
- Mark Shuttleworth/Canonical have lost the plot and are no longer listening to the needs and concerns of its user base and are doing what they want regardless. This seems completely against their former ethos and smacks of Microsoft mentality - treat your customers with contempt and dictate to them how they use their software.
I have moved over to Linux Mint Debian - and how refreshing it is!
Head over and see how much more of a productive environment this distro is.
I doubt I will ever use Ubuntu again.
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