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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Perhaps you need to check that you have an official Cd or downloaded
> from the official website and then md5sum or Sha check the Cd or Usb
> that you use to install Ubuntu.

I only use images from the official download page and while I
installed my main 12.04 laptop (that I use for my work) from the
original 12.04 image now I only have the 12.04.1 image left, so I
cannot re-check the image as I don't have it any more.

And apart from that - I am usually not alone with my problems - e.g.
some of the kernel problems I had, I reported them directly to the
kernel folks and got confirmed.

What is far more probably the case: I have a lot of stuff installed
(no games, no Wine but VMware, Virtualbox, Citrix, several VPN clients
I need to access customers, 2 different versions of TeamViewer, etc
etc). My experience with others where I install and support Ubuntu is
that especially for distribution upgrades they tend to fail as soon as
you do a little non-standard stuff (add some repositories for
particular needs and the like).


> 1.  Overclocking and underclocking.  Doesn't this need to be done from
> inside the bios or by physical changes to the hardware?  I've not heard
> of anyone being able to do this from inside any OS.  I agree it would be
> good if Ubuntu could lead the way on this.

My netbook offers switching from the panel - with the tool I mentioned
above. Maybe it's just a fake - I never digged into it. ;-)


> 2.  If my internet connection drops out i just get a discrete
> notification and the icon on the top taskbar changes to show i have no
> network connection.  None of that grabs focus and i can keep typing
> without interference.

Yes, you are right, when internet connection just drops that e.g. DNS
down or so. But if the WLAN-Router is rebooted then you get those
password dialogs.


> A good example is that greater numbers of desktop users would NOT
> increase security problems.  Currently malware and remote attackers
> focus on desktop machines despite that only affecting 1 person at a time
> and thus being an extremely inefficient method of attacking people.

But the attacks mostly done "automatically" from infected servers.
Indeed two days ago at a family member I have seen a virus setting DNS
servers to a server at Google - so you can be sure that there are even
servers at Google that are hijacked!

Also have seen even online-banking servers being hijacked and
distributing viruses over the browser. Servers do get infected!
And yes, even those that are running Linux!
I have seen hijacked Linux-servers. However in those cases they always
got into the system through PHP issues.

Best regard, Martin

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

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Bug description:
  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
  marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant
  to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is
  driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to
  all."

  "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world."
       * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and
  concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into
  the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles
  innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious
  anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic
  practices.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

      1. Visit a local PC store.
      2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-
  installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating
  system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be
  proprietary.

  What should happen:

  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.

       * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
       * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
       * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

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