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  Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-22 12:55 -0400
    Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-22 09:58 -0700
    Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-22 13:14 -0400
      Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 18:34 +0100
        Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-22 10:41 -0700
      Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-22 20:05 -0400
        Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-22 18:24 -0600
          Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-22 20:29 -0400
        Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-22 20:54 -0400
          Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-22 18:28 -0700
          Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-23 08:37 -0400
            Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-23 08:58 -0400
          Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 13:04 +0200

#239718 — Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Shitware: Bug #7 - 'open with' apps listed twice

http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl


Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then 
'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is 
Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).

I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug 
in Linux going back 8 years.


The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.

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#239719

On 4/22/14, 9:55 AM, in article lj66tt$ao5$1@dont-email.me, "DFS"
<nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
> 
> 
> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
> 
> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
> in Linux going back 8 years.
> 
> 
> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.

OS X had this for a few months. Apple fixed it. It is not horrible that
complex software has bugs - all does. But why don't the open source folks
care enough to fix it.


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#239724

On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>
>
> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>
> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
> in Linux going back 8 years.
>
>
> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.


Here it lists the same app 16 times:

http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl




And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!

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#239727

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:

> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>
>>
>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>
>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>
>>
>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>
> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>
> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>
> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>

I'm waiting for Creepy Chris Ahlstrom to "prove" it's "as intended"
using some assembler... LOL: What a little weenie.

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#239729

On 4/22/14, 10:34 AM, in article 87sip5mfo8.fsf@gmail.com, "Hadron"
<hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:

> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:
> 
>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>> 
>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>> 
>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>> 
>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>> 
>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>> 
> 
> I'm waiting for Creepy Chris Ahlstrom to "prove" it's "as intended"
> using some assembler... LOL: What a little weenie.

Tried it in Mint MATE. Similar nonsense... and it lists all sorts of
programs you would not want to use, such as "Theme Installer" for a ODT
file. Why? And then it remembers the last few items you have selected with
no clear way to reset things.


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#239777

On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>
>>
>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>
>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>
>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>
> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>
> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>
> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!

Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook 
8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone 
discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or 
so for the Windows 8 license.

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#239784

On 4/22/2014 6:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>
>>>
>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>
>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>
>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>
>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>
>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>
>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
> 
> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
> so for the Windows 8 license.
> 
I believe there'd be less headaches after you've installed win8.
What does that HP have on it now?

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#239786

On 2014-04-22 8:24 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
> On 4/22/2014 6:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
>> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>>
>>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>>
>>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>>
>>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>>
>>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>>
>>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>>
>> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
>> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
>> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
>> so for the Windows 8 license.
>>
> I believe there'd be less headaches after you've installed win8.
> What does that HP have on it now?

It's a Windows 7 Pro installation with the open-source encryption 
software on it. I forget the name of it but it's installed. The laptop 
doesn't have a product key on it so unless I install GNU/Linux on it, 
I'd have to buy a new license. As it is, I'm not sure if she can give it 
to me (they sent her a new laptop but didn't inform her on what to do 
with the old one). However, if she CAN, I'm going to use it to its 
fullest potential.

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#239789

On 4/22/2014 8:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>
>>>
>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>
>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>
>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>
>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>
>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>
>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>
> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
> so for the Windows 8 license.

Go for it if you think she won't mind Win8.  I only paid $14.99 to MS 
for Win8, and I still feel ripped off.  But I'll be OK if they give me 
free or cheap upgrades to a Win9 that completely removes the Tiles and 
ModernUI and restores the desktop front and center.

None of the 12 Ubuntu bugs I found seem dangerous enough to cause data 
loss or system problems.  Mainly they're the result of lack of testing 
and commitment by the developers.

I'm not about to waste time reporting them - I don't believe for a 
second they'll ever be fixed, considering there are nearly 49,000 
confirmed, triaged or in progress bugs in Ubuntu Launchpad.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?advanced=1


Recap:
1.  'free driver' results in taskbar and launcher icons off the screen
2.  apps open based on file extension
3.  apps in Software Center not sorted alphabetically
4.  restore vs drag-drop from Trash inconsistent
5.  default font in XTerm very tiny - not sure if it can be changed
6.  default is to spy on you by sending search terms and IP address
     to Canonical and 3rd parties
7.  some apps listed 2x or more in the 'Open With' list, and elsewhere
8.  tries to open a text document with a CD/DVD burning app if you
     choose Open With then Find Apps Online
9.  old dpkg.log data shows even after partition formatting
10. log viewer menus don't match the documentation
11. Software Center lists free of cost software for purchase, and
     you can't install them
12. log viewer menu disabled when run as root


The most serious one by far was #1: the taskbar at top and the launcher 
icons at left are completely off the screen when using the "free" driver 
(I have an ATI 5770 videocard).  You can barely use the system. 
Installing the 'restricted' driver from ATI, then rebooting, fixed it.

#9 is kind of worrisome.  It suggests the formatting (done with gparted 
during install) skips over some .log files.

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#239792

On 4/22/14, 5:54 PM, in article lj730t$dqh$1@dont-email.me, "DFS"
<nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

>> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
>> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
>> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
>> so for the Windows 8 license.
> 
> Go for it if you think she won't mind Win8.  I only paid $14.99 to MS
> for Win8, and I still feel ripped off.  But I'll be OK if they give me
> free or cheap upgrades to a Win9 that completely removes the Tiles and
> ModernUI and restores the desktop front and center.

The Start menu, reportedly, is coming back but it has a mini-tiles view. I
have seen different variations on this, but this is a common claim:
<http://goo.gl/u8iBDK>. Better than what they have now, but still a bit
insane. I bet - or at least hope - there is an easy way to get normal menus
back.

> None of the 12 Ubuntu bugs I found seem dangerous enough to cause data
> loss or system problems.  Mainly they're the result of lack of testing
> and commitment by the developers.

Seems rampant in the open source world.

> I'm not about to waste time reporting them - I don't believe for a
> second they'll ever be fixed, considering there are nearly 49,000
> confirmed, triaged or in progress bugs in Ubuntu Launchpad.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?advanced=1

The KDE team has fallen down on the job of looking at the bugs I reported:

    <http://goo.gl/C9zs3h>

Most are still in the "unconfirmed" state - many still unassigned... is
anyone even paying attention to the bugs?



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#239806

On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:54:51 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 4/22/2014 8:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
>> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>>
>>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>>
>>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>>
>>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>>
>>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>>
>>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>>
>> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
>> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
>> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
>> so for the Windows 8 license.
> 
> Go for it if you think she won't mind Win8.  I only paid $14.99 to MS 
> for Win8, and I still feel ripped off.  But I'll be OK if they give me 
> free or cheap upgrades to a Win9 that completely removes the Tiles and 
> ModernUI and restores the desktop front and center.
> 
> None of the 12 Ubuntu bugs I found seem dangerous enough to cause data 
> loss or system problems.  Mainly they're the result of lack of testing 
> and commitment by the developers.
> 
> I'm not about to waste time reporting them - I don't believe for a 
> second they'll ever be fixed, considering there are nearly 49,000 
> confirmed, triaged or in progress bugs in Ubuntu Launchpad.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?advanced=1
> 
> 
> Recap:
> 1.  'free driver' results in taskbar and launcher icons off the screen
> 2.  apps open based on file extension
> 3.  apps in Software Center not sorted alphabetically
> 4.  restore vs drag-drop from Trash inconsistent
> 5.  default font in XTerm very tiny - not sure if it can be changed
> 6.  default is to spy on you by sending search terms and IP address
>      to Canonical and 3rd parties
> 7.  some apps listed 2x or more in the 'Open With' list, and elsewhere
> 8.  tries to open a text document with a CD/DVD burning app if you
>      choose Open With then Find Apps Online
> 9.  old dpkg.log data shows even after partition formatting
> 10. log viewer menus don't match the documentation
> 11. Software Center lists free of cost software for purchase, and
>      you can't install them
> 12. log viewer menu disabled when run as root
> 
> 
> The most serious one by far was #1: the taskbar at top and the launcher 
> icons at left are completely off the screen when using the "free" driver 
> (I have an ATI 5770 videocard).  You can barely use the system. 
> Installing the 'restricted' driver from ATI, then rebooting, fixed it.
> 
> #9 is kind of worrisome.  It suggests the formatting (done with gparted 
> during install) skips over some .log files.

Since it had Windows 7 on it, I would get a copy of Windows 7 OEM and
install that. This way you know that all drivers are compatible.

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#239810

On 2014-04-23 8:37 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:54:51 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 4/22/2014 8:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>>>
>>>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>>>
>>>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>>>
>>>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>>>
>>>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>>>
>>> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
>>> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
>>> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
>>> so for the Windows 8 license.
>>
>> Go for it if you think she won't mind Win8.  I only paid $14.99 to MS
>> for Win8, and I still feel ripped off.  But I'll be OK if they give me
>> free or cheap upgrades to a Win9 that completely removes the Tiles and
>> ModernUI and restores the desktop front and center.
>>
>> None of the 12 Ubuntu bugs I found seem dangerous enough to cause data
>> loss or system problems.  Mainly they're the result of lack of testing
>> and commitment by the developers.
>>
>> I'm not about to waste time reporting them - I don't believe for a
>> second they'll ever be fixed, considering there are nearly 49,000
>> confirmed, triaged or in progress bugs in Ubuntu Launchpad.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?advanced=1
>>
>>
>> Recap:
>> 1.  'free driver' results in taskbar and launcher icons off the screen
>> 2.  apps open based on file extension
>> 3.  apps in Software Center not sorted alphabetically
>> 4.  restore vs drag-drop from Trash inconsistent
>> 5.  default font in XTerm very tiny - not sure if it can be changed
>> 6.  default is to spy on you by sending search terms and IP address
>>       to Canonical and 3rd parties
>> 7.  some apps listed 2x or more in the 'Open With' list, and elsewhere
>> 8.  tries to open a text document with a CD/DVD burning app if you
>>       choose Open With then Find Apps Online
>> 9.  old dpkg.log data shows even after partition formatting
>> 10. log viewer menus don't match the documentation
>> 11. Software Center lists free of cost software for purchase, and
>>       you can't install them
>> 12. log viewer menu disabled when run as root
>>
>>
>> The most serious one by far was #1: the taskbar at top and the launcher
>> icons at left are completely off the screen when using the "free" driver
>> (I have an ATI 5770 videocard).  You can barely use the system.
>> Installing the 'restricted' driver from ATI, then rebooting, fixed it.
>>
>> #9 is kind of worrisome.  It suggests the formatting (done with gparted
>> during install) skips over some .log files.
>
> Since it had Windows 7 on it, I would get a copy of Windows 7 OEM and
> install that. This way you know that all drivers are compatible.

I actually have a spare copy of Windows 7 which I purchased for my wife 
for her old laptop so I can use that. I also have Windows 7 Ultimate 
which Microsoft gifted me after I beta-tested their product though it is 
currently installed on my father-in-law's computer. However, I'm not too 
worried about the drivers. If any of them don't work, it'll be the ATI 
ones and I can easily just venture over to laptopvideo2go.com and get 
modified ones.

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#239963

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:

> On 4/22/2014 8:05 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
>> On 2014-04-22 1:14 PM, DFS wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2014 12:55 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> http://bayimg.com/paNhhAAFl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right-click a file, choose 'open with' then 'Other application...' then
>>>> 'Show other applications' and the Files app is listed twice (so is
>>>> Rhythmbox but it's off the screenshot).
>>>>
>>>> I've seen this type of half-ass 'list the same app multiple times' bug
>>>> in Linux going back 8 years.
>>>>
>>>> The Linux kualitee shines thru yet again.
>>>
>>> Here it lists the same app 16 times:
>>>
>>> http://bayimg.com/AAnilAafl
>>>
>>> And it doesn't cost you anything?  Amazing!
>>
>> Funny enough, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my wife's HP Elitebook
>> 8560p laptop sine it is no longer being used at work. That image alone
>> discouraged me from giving it a chance. I guess I'll just pay the 80$ or
>> so for the Windows 8 license.
>
> Go for it if you think she won't mind Win8.  I only paid $14.99 to MS for Win8,
> and I still feel ripped off.  But I'll be OK if they give me free or cheap
> upgrades to a Win9 that completely removes the Tiles and ModernUI and restores
> the desktop front and center.
>
> None of the 12 Ubuntu bugs I found seem dangerous enough to cause data loss or
> system problems.  Mainly they're the result of lack of testing and commitment by
> the developers.
>
> I'm not about to waste time reporting them - I don't believe for a second
> they'll ever be fixed, considering there are nearly 49,000 confirmed, triaged or
> in progress bugs in Ubuntu Launchpad.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?advanced=1
>
> Recap:
> 1.  'free driver' results in taskbar and launcher icons off the screen
> 2.  apps open based on file extension
> 3.  apps in Software Center not sorted alphabetically
> 4.  restore vs drag-drop from Trash inconsistent
> 5.  default font in XTerm very tiny - not sure if it can be changed
> 6.  default is to spy on you by sending search terms and IP address
>     to Canonical and 3rd parties
> 7.  some apps listed 2x or more in the 'Open With' list, and elsewhere
> 8.  tries to open a text document with a CD/DVD burning app if you
>     choose Open With then Find Apps Online
> 9.  old dpkg.log data shows even after partition formatting
> 10. log viewer menus don't match the documentation
> 11. Software Center lists free of cost software for purchase, and
>     you can't install them
> 12. log viewer menu disabled when run as root
>
> The most serious one by far was #1: the taskbar at top and the launcher icons at
> left are completely off the screen when using the "free" driver (I have an ATI
> 5770 videocard).  You can barely use the system. Installing the 'restricted'
> driver from ATI, then rebooting, fixed it.
>
> #9 is kind of worrisome.  It suggests the formatting (done with gparted during
> install) skips over some .log files.

There has to be another explanation. gparted is a good tool : tried an
tested. You dont just "leave certain files". The only thing I can think
of is that you replugged something and confused the device IDs or simply
got mixed up (as we all so) as to what was where. There has to be
another explanation to a repartitioning "leaving certain files". It aint
gonna happen if that file was on a reformatted newly defined partition.

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