I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 beta and I had some issues with FGLRX and Compiz - Gnometris didn't work right and I couldn't click buttons on flash/youtube videos. Have to use xfwm4 all the time.

One thing. Developers at Launchpad ABSOLUTELY SUCK ASS at fixing bugs. They mark them as incomplete etc etc ...

Just some links to bugs that the developers are ignoring/bumping around:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compi... / https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flash...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome...
""AND ALL THAT BULLSHIT!""

I have to agree with Bryan and Chris, 9.10 is shaping up the be the best release. It just more coherent experience all around. It feels like a modern OS. But I wish I didn't have to see the text at the beginning of the boot up.

Edti: I stand corrected, the latest update got rid of the text and there a white Ubuntu logo with black background...which looks freaking sweet.

Being locked into Ubuntu is good? What? Do you like freedom even one tiny bit?

I was worried that might be misunderstood when Bryansaid that.

I think (not trying to speak for Bryan) he's talking from the view point of someone who is trying to release software for the Linux desktop and make a living.

He means, as far as targeting one distro it makes his end product faster to deliver, less error for diffrent distros libraries and file paths, etc.

He did say he loves having many distros to choose from. We both think that's a huge benefit. It just simply has some real draw backs too.

It sort of brings up the whole "one package manager to rule them all" debate. It's good in some respects, bad in others. My point was I'd like to see this store be a single install method and package method for all distros, each distro could still use its own package system... But also support the store's "package system".

With Ubuntu nearly owning the Linux desktop, if Adobe or Avid is ever going to release one of their products for Linux... There is a good chance with the current trend that they may just not bother with anything other than ubuntu.

They could simply say (and AVID already does this for Windows shops): "buy this hardware, run this version X of Ubuntu."

It'd be nice to avoid that situation and let users have the great video editing apps, but also have the distro of their choice.
-Chris

Hey guys before you give up on Thunderbird, check out the latest build for Thudnerbird 3 you can get it at Mozilla's PPA (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+ar...) and I promise you it will blow your socks off! It is awesome!

Edit: Word of warning, the ppa is for Mozilla testing, so make sure that you don't update Firefox, unless if you want the bleeding edge FF which is code named Shiretoko.

I second the call to stay on Thunderbird. I just switched OFF evolution because it became so unreliable following their transition to sqlite. I've lost messages, search folders don't work, it's insanely slow for some operations. Thunderbird 3 beta is sweet! If thunderbird is working for you, don't be afraid to stick with it; I'm happier with it than evolution.

First of all, thanks for all the work you do on this show. I love listening and have been for a few years. I wanted to give the name change a chance before passing judgement. Now that it's been a few (OK 5) episodes, I gotta say that it sounds a lot more like a linux show than it does a computer show.
Just my 2 cents.

That's kind of the plan. While we have non-Linux content (Haiku Review, eSATA storage, Hackintosh building) we still want to have a lot of Linux coverage with the hope that non-Linux users will download the "Computer" Action Show and learn about Linux in the processes.