Ubuntu’s latest desktop OS release, Ubuntu 13.10, is more of a plain-Jane release than its “Saucy Salamander” nickname might otherwise suggest. This release comes six months after the Raring Ringtail version, which was also a bit of a yawner in terms of offering any must-have-the-upgrade enthusiasm. Like the last release, Ubuntu 13.10 also does not deliver much “wow.” It is a nine-month support release and serves mostly as a tune-up version until the next long-term support upgrade is released next April as Ubuntu 14.04.
"...Ubuntu's Saucy Salamander is a Slick but Spiritless Upgrade"
"... I find this level of search invasion too intrusive. If I wanted that approach to marketing, I would just bypass Ubuntu completely..."
"Ubuntu's latest desktop OS release, Ubuntu 13.10, is more of a plain-Jane release than its "Saucy Salamander" nickname might otherwise suggest. This release comes six months after the Raring Ringtail release, which was also a bit of a yawner in terms of offering any must-have-the-upgrade enthusiasm. Like the last release, Ubuntu 13.10 also does not deliver much 'wow'."
"... I find this level of search invasion too intrusive..."
"...This new Scopes feature is fed by heuristics to offer matches to your accumulated browsing and search requests gleaned from Github, reddit, Wikipedia, Flickr, Google News, The Weather Channel and Yelp. I find this level of search invasion too intrusive...
...If I wanted that approach to marketing, I would just bypass Ubuntu completely and grab a Kindle or rely more fully on the Google search engine. I did not find the results to be very helpful..."
"...The rambling, helter skelter approach to the cramped display space was anything but enticing..."
"...Saucy Salamander might just be worth your while until its replacement arrives..."
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Well, you've come through AGAIN!
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The last quotation BEAUTIFULLY sums up your artful style of this entire article: "Damned By Faint Praise".
If someone, somewhere wants a definition and a VERY GOOD example of that idiom, he or she will do no better than to read your article, with--of course--a quick primer on the history of the subject matter.
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Ubuntu's Saucy Salamander is a Slick but Spiritless Upgrade
Posted by: Jack M. Germain November 7, 2013 05:00 AMUbuntu’s latest desktop OS release, Ubuntu 13.10, is more of a plain-Jane release than its “Saucy Salamander” nickname might otherwise suggest. This release comes six months after the Raring Ringtail version, which was also a bit of a yawner in terms of offering any must-have-the-upgrade enthusiasm. Like the last release, Ubuntu 13.10 also does not deliver much “wow.” It is a nine-month support release and serves mostly as a tune-up version until the next long-term support upgrade is released next April as Ubuntu 14.04.
"... I find this level of search invasion too intrusive. If I wanted that approach to marketing, I would just bypass Ubuntu completely..."
"Ubuntu's latest desktop OS release, Ubuntu 13.10, is more of a plain-Jane release than its "Saucy Salamander" nickname might otherwise suggest. This release comes six months after the Raring Ringtail release, which was also a bit of a yawner in terms of offering any must-have-the-upgrade enthusiasm. Like the last release, Ubuntu 13.10 also does not deliver much 'wow'."
"... I find this level of search invasion too intrusive..."
"...This new Scopes feature is fed by heuristics to offer matches to your accumulated browsing and search requests gleaned from Github, reddit, Wikipedia, Flickr, Google News, The Weather Channel and Yelp. I find this level of search invasion too intrusive...
...If I wanted that approach to marketing, I would just bypass Ubuntu completely and grab a Kindle or rely more fully on the Google search engine. I did not find the results to be very helpful..."
"...The rambling, helter skelter approach to the cramped display space was anything but enticing..."
"...Saucy Salamander might just be worth your while until its replacement arrives..."
******************************************
Well, you've come through AGAIN!
What a delightful oasis in the midst of all the "Ublahblahblah-is-the-greatest-thing-since-sex,- tennis-shoes,-and-sliced-bread wasteland, which is the normal, usual "everything's-just-peachy-in-BuBULand load of crap served up in almost every BuReview.
The last quotation BEAUTIFULLY sums up your artful style of this entire article: "Damned By Faint Praise".
If someone, somewhere wants a definition and a VERY GOOD example of that idiom, he or she will do no better than to read your article, with--of course--a quick primer on the history of the subject matter.
Keep up your outstanding work!