[xubuntu-users] What to Expect in Xubuntu 14.04 LTS (omgubuntu.co.uk)

[PGillespie]

Yes, I also have no problem with plug and play on Xubuntu, but that's 
not what I was talking about. :-)

On 11/29/2013 04:58 PM, Paul Donlan wrote:
>
> I use broadband on Xubuntu and Ubuntu: plug and play. No problem.
>
> Paul Donlan
>
> On Nov 29, 2013 11:48 AM, "Qua Purna" <quapurna at gmail.com 
> <mailto:quapurna at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Is using mobile-broadband connections on Linux as easy as using it
>     on XP ?
>     How to set the connection; How to choose cdma, gsm, hsdpa, etc. etc.
>     I think many ex-users of XP rely on mobile-broadband connection.
>
>     On 11/28/13, PGillespie <vermontpoet at gmail.com
>     <mailto:vermontpoet at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > That's a nice write-up.
>     >
>     > File the following under suggestions:
>     >
>     > In my experience, Windows users (once they really start using
>     Linux and
>     > get over missing their fav pet software) have a hard time with MIME
>     > handling. It's still a messy and unintuitive affair in Linux.
>     Sometimes
>     > one has the option to right click and "open with", sometimes one
>     > doesn't. Sometimes a list of "Other Applications" pops up, sometimes
>     > just a blank window inviting the perplexed user to find it
>     themselves.
>     > If the average Linux user doesn't know where software is
>     installed, the
>     > average Windows user doesn't have a chance. I'd love to see
>     Xubuntu (and
>     > linux distros in general) improve MIME handling. Linux's
>     usability has
>     > already improved by leaps and bounds.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 11/28/2013 09:13 AM, George DiceGeorge wrote:
>     >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/expect-xubuntu-14-04-lts
>     >>
>     >> April next year will prove to be a pivotal month for many Linux
>     >> distributions, but few are as best placed to build on their
>     popularity
>     >> as Ubuntu's 'lightweight' spins 'Xubuntu' and 'Lubuntu'. (....)
>     >
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