Official 8.10 release news: where they messed up

The following statements are bullshit. Ubuntu rocks.

I cannot believe this. I thought only the retarded majority were subject to the influential services of the alpha, beta, and RC release notes of 8.10, in which, an idiot named "Kamion" added a whole new section for the *amazing* new Totem BBC plugin, even when Totem is part of GNOME and should have gone under the section GNOME instead of having its own. Take a look at my previous article on this.

What am I talking about? Take a look at this news article, and notice that it is posted on the official Ubuntu site, with markings of the official Ubuntu copyright, displayed for all to see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-desktop

Well, what's wrong with it? They're introducing 8.10 to the world, so what's the matter? The author(s) of that article were idiots, that's what. And here are the reasons.

It seems as if the people who wrote that did no research on Linux ever in their lives, and only used the TechnicalOverview as their guide.

3G Support

For constant connectivity public WiFi has limitations. Improvements to the network manager in Ubuntu 8.10 makes it simple to detect and connect to 3G networks and manage connectivity. This connectivity is delivered through an inbuilt 3G modem, through 'dongle' support, through a mobile phone or through Bluetooth. It is a complex environment that Ubuntu 8.10 simplifies through a single interface and the auto-detection of many of the most popular devices.

Take a look at that. It gives no credit to Network Manager and its hardworking team that made version 0.7 (which provides all those features which Ubuntu is boasting about) possible, and proudly claims that thanks to the Ubuntu developers, users will get the ultimate networking experience. It does not mention that Ubuntu has done nothing to help upstream development of Network Manager, except maybe a few tweaks to make 3G networking better; which are, of course, only for the use by itself.

Write Ubuntu to and Install from a USB Drive

Ubuntu has been made available to users as an image for CDs and DVDs to date. But CDs and DVDs are slower, less portable and less convenient than USB sticks. Now, a simple application in Ubuntu will allow users to write Ubuntu to a USB drive, even a modified version of Ubuntu with their data on it, so it can be carried everywhere to plug in and use on any machine.

You've got to be kidding me. The application totally blows, it doesn't even have its own icon (it had to "borrow from Ubiquity") and only losers who don't know anything will actually use it: UNetbootin has been around for ages and is far superior. Plus, look at its menu entry; it's labeled as "Create a USB startup disk". Couldn't they have settled for "LiveUSB Creator" or something? Ubuntu was the worst name I have ever heard, but this is the worst name I've ever heard for an application! Congrats to Ubuntu, for always taking other peoples' work and contributing nothing, and even when you do, for creating useless projects that people don't need!

BBC Content

Starting the media players within Ubuntu (Totem Movie Player and Rhythmbox) launches a menu of selected content from the broadcaster that is free to air. This is a mixture of video, radio and podcasts and available in high quality, much of it playable using non-proprietary codecs. Content is constantly updated via the corporation's stream and will vary dependent on location, though some content will be available for every user.

Latest Gnome 2.24 Desktop Environment

The GNOME desktop environment project releases its latest version which is incorporated into Ubuntu 8.10. New features include a new instant messaging client, a built-in time tracker, the latest Ekiga 3.0 video and audio conferencing tool, improved file management and toolbars plus better support for multiple monitor use with the ability to set screen resolution by monitor.

This is what I mentioned in the first sentence. I cannot describe in words, over the Internet, the stupidity and ignorance of the author who actually didn't know that Totem was part of GNOME. Even if he did, WTF? We're talking about Ekiga 3.0, Nautilus tab support, and File Roller supporting four new archive files. Those are less important than another Totem plugin? And while Nautilus tab support and compact view don't even get mentioned, the BBC plugin gets its huge own section for that? Fuck you, Kamion (revision number 123) your idiotic mind and unneatness has converted everybody's mind into retardedness.

Well the author has made one really good move. What?: They didn't mention Cruft Remover, (used to be named System Cleaner, but renamed) by far the worst mixture of GTK+ coding my eyes have ever gazed upon. Its interface is ugly, it has no application icon, (and it has no plans of making an icon) and again, it's ugly. When you first open it up, it doesn't select the first item, so the description part is blank, giving off a weird distortion of colors:


So I manually select the first item, then it starts looking neater, but still ugly:


But after selecting the first item, it's still bad. There is no Select All option, so I had to select and unselect through 50+ items, which was not a pleasant experience. Ironically, shouldn't this automatically detect itself as a cruft and remove, then purge itself? If this cleaner really did as it claimed, it would remove itself.