We should all refuse to pay for or use Microsoft products.

Mark Shuttleworth is the flip side, a truly generous human being with a vision.

Mark Shuttleworth says:

For the record, I disagree with your views on Gates. His foundation has set an extraordinary example for how wealth can tackle intractable problems and find solutions where markets and governments have failed. In a world of increasing inequality - where the wealth gap between the wealthiest people and those of average means is widening, it’s essential to establish philanthropy as the end game of wealth creation. Gates has already done brilliantly in that regard and I suspect we will see a lot more.

As for Microsoft’s products, if you use them I hope you pay for them. If you don’t, you are stealing from Microsoft, and you are also taking away one of the key advantages of the free software community, which is to offer their products free of charge. Competing with pirated proprietary products is a far greater challenge than competing with proprietary products on their terms.

Its seems to be addictive jeje… but its really the best OS for me… every person who use an application software or base software, always have their complains… but is good to know that every little detail that we found in ubuntu… we can be sure that is going to take care in some later actualization or version…

THANK YOU!

Diego

Update to Hardy Heron. Flash works, Desktop Effects work for 965 GMA and main speakers muted when headphone plugged in.
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Without Ubuntu, I wouldn’t sit in Linux today, but in either Vista or XP. I am very glad that you entered the stage!
Many people don’t like the Ubuntu theme, Human, but as I see two very important symbols in it, it’s great for me…
Humanity and the burn to fight!

Hardy Heron is walking on the line of success…
I look up to you in two different points:
That you’ve got the courage to enter the space, the endless playground I’m so fascinated in…
And that you’ve got the spirit that enabled you to do so much in just 30 years…

Thank you for all your endless work to better the computer world!

// SakJur

The entire Linux community is indebted to you, our hopes and dreams are with you, and congratualtions to every participant in the 8.04 launch. and with that been said its necessary to take a look at the future.

While i,m a great supporter of free software, i realize that there will always be some propeiatory software that some user may want, and for Ubuntu to succeed it needs to be able to support these in-case a user opts for them, not necessary promote them but they have to be there. i hope more efforts are thrown to convince 3rd party software makers to support Ubuntu.

With Interpid Ibex a new theme overhaul is promised, i think the aesthetic component of Ubuntu should be taken with a high priority, i cant express how important aesthetics are to the migration process of many of those who wish to try Ubuntu.

I think although the current color pallet of Ubuntu is represent the ‘Human’ theme and philosophy of ubuntu i think that for many users mixing ‘Brown’ with ‘Orange’ is not an optimal choice for a color pallet, ‘Brown’ is an excellent color to represent ‘nature’ and ‘Human’ but i dont think mixing ‘Orange’ with it is visually appealing, perhaps the color pallet could be reviewed to include only different gradients of ‘Brown’ or ‘Brown’ with a color other than ‘Orange’.

with that been said, i wish you luck in your work. our dreams lie with you now.