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

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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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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

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