O Cmn...just take some money instead. I can shell out a few dollars.
Or you can just sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping It's that easy.
That's comforting, at least. Still a very interesting decision
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#22I'm not happy about it, but for many of the less computer-savvy users, I don't see why this should be a big problem. They may very well be interested in this feature, and it still beats paying an exorbitant amount (comparably) just to use Office or Photoshop, or whatever it is that compels people to get Apple computers.
Some us already support websites by shopping through their Amazon links. Why not support Ubuntu?
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#23Fedora is looking pretty tasty right now
If you're already familiar with Ubuntu, Debian or Mint would be an easier switch.
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#24What the hell... I'll never use Ubuntu again. Or well, at least not for a while, even after it's removed. They call this "free software"?
Free as in freedom. You're free to remove the ads.
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#25I can live with this (or uninstall it) but will they fix my audio? It had been fine after about 8.04, but has been broken by every update that included Unity by default.
%> sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
%> sudo reboot
You're welcome.
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#26What the hell... I'll never use Ubuntu again. Or well, at least not for a while, even after it's removed. They call this "free software"?
What about Firefox which has shipped with Google search default since forever, which Google pays Mozilla for, which Google makes money on? Will you never use Firefox again?
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#27Disappointing.
If this is because they were not getting enough donations from the users, then I am disappointed in us for not supporting them (I give $25 annually, maybe it is time to up that to $50).
If they are getting enough in donations, but they just got a taste for money, then I am disappointed in them for compromising the spirit of open source (even if it adheres to the doctrine).
If they are getting enough in donations but really want the capital to take Ubuntu to the next level, then I am disappointed in all of us (especially me) who just couldn't find the time and energy to join the project, write some damn code, and help make the project great.
But at least this last one is an interesting prospect...
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#28Fedora is looking pretty tasty right now
If you're already familiar with Ubuntu, Debian or Mint would be an easier switch.
Debian Wheezy is shipping with Gnome Shell 3.4 at present, Fedora 18 will have GS 3.6.
The RHEL 6 clones (CentOS, PUIAS Linux, Scientific Linux) have Gnome 2.x and support for ages.
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#29This sounds like the Mozilla / Google deal. It suits me fine as long as I can choose to remove them later on.
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#30It all depends upon the details of implementation. If they're spamming the user with "and before you open this window our sponsor would like to bring you this message..." then that would be pretty bad, and I'd stop using Ubuntu as a result. On the other hand, if you can use the lens to do shopping and get reasonable search results from a range of companies configurable by location, etc, then I think that would be a useful feature. If you're just limited to shopping with one company then that would also be bad (anti-competitive).