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Re: I really prefer Linux over everything else



 > Something that is surprisingly nicer on Ubuntu: DVD playback.  On Ubuntu 
> I can just start watching.  On a Macintosh I have to wait through the 
> mandatory trailers and other nonsense.  Being properly licensed, Apple 
> is obligated to to honor the disc's "you must watch" settings.  Ubuntu, 
> being unauthorized, has applications that let me skip right to the 
> content. 

It feels good to be a gangsta. :-) 

> 
> That said, we do sit through the mandatory trailers because my wife's 
> Mac notebook has a 17-inch screen, with a wider viewing angle than my 
> Panasonic W4. 

I *love* my Kubuntu system, I have 2 19" flat screens on an nVidia dual 
head card. 

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