Posts by axmukher

Ubuntu's Oneiric Ocelot: Nice, but necessary?

This is Microsoft induced development. Either it is being sabotaged or it is being converted to a Microsoft business model. I am going to get used to Fedora just in case this distro is hijacked by the M$ corporation. The removal of synaptic package manager and pushing into prominence the Ubuntu Software Center as if it is some shopping mall is ominous. Ubuntu should now break up into many new distros to confuse the giant peddler as to which is the real Ubuntu.

Oneiric ocelot isn't for me ...

Oneiric was a shock. I reformatted my disk and went back to Natty. Then, during one of the updates I found Natty Classic has also been revised and now I have to use Natty Classic with no effects. I think the overall direction in which this is going is to get rid of the Synaptic package manager and slowly convert all downloads to the Ubuntu Software Centre from where the downloads can be controlled, and then later introduce more and more paid downloads. Typical Microsoft business model.