The Newest Ubuntu O/S and Firefox 4

  This is a rant! First off, I have been using the Linux Ubuntu operating system for about 3 years or so. I love this system very much as it generally beats anything that Microsoft has to offer. Ubuntu has always been safer, faster, and a hell of a lot more stable than Windows could ever hope to be. I have a dual-boot setup which consist of Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 11.4, which is the newest upgrade of the system.

   Why still have a Windows system if I seldom use it? Because the Ubuntu team has yet to come up with any kind of blogging software that I would deem useful. On Windows, or on anything else for that matter, Windows Live Writer beats the rest hands down.

   Anyway. I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to version 11.4 a few weeks ago. It came with the new Firefox 4 installed, and I must say that I’ve had nothing but problems with this setup. I’m not sure which one is the problem, the system or the browser, but I feel as if I’m on a Windows system as of late.

   I gave up on Windows because of the many freezes that were encountered while either surfing or doing actual work. Windows users know the story so I will not elaborate any further.

   This Firefox/Ubuntu setup must have been created by some former Microsoft employees as they act the same as Windows. WTF?? Someone please remind me of why this is better than Windows.

   I’ve also run into the problem of Ubuntu deciding that it wants to shut down and reboot while I am in the middle of doing things. Whenever things freeze up, I have to pull the plug on my laptop and boot-up from scratch, and that gets very annoying to me.

   Come Ubuntu/Mozilla! Get with the program or do I have to switch to a Mac? Ubuntu could at least touch upon the subject in their forums.

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It's On! Wisconsin Verifies Enough Signatures For First Two Recall Elections

  A little late with this one as I’ve been ill a bit. One of the joys of being a diabetic.

  By Chris Bowers        Mon May 09, 2011    at Dkos

Please, support the recall effort by contributing $5 to Democrats Jessica King and Fred Clark on Orange to Blue.

The first two recall petitions have been verified in Wisconsin:

Independent state reviews of the petitions to recall Republican Senators Randy Hopper and Luther Olsen found enough valid signatures to force an election, a Wisconsin Government Accountability Board spokesperson said Monday.

GAB staff verified 23,127 signatures to recall Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, and 22,381 signatures to recall Olsen, R-Ripon, spokesperson Reid Magney said.

Petitioners needed 15,269 signatures to recall Hopper and 14,733 signatures to recall Olsen.

This is just the beginning—verifications of the other four petitions Democrats filed against Republicans are on the way.

There are already Democrats in both of these campaigns. Oshkosh Deputy Mayor Jessica King is challenging Randy Hopper, and State Representative Fred Clark is matching up against Luther Olsen. We've added both candidates to the Orange to Blue page.

Let me reiterate the stakes in this campaign, as well as the similar campaigns in Ohio and Michigan. If we lose, political observers will continue to believe that there is no reason to take either labor or the netroots seriously as political forces. No matter how big the protests and no matter what the polls say, there are no real consequences to passing laws that make public sector labor unions illegal. And then Scott Walker clones will start winning all over the country.

This is a turning point for workers in our nation's history. We either immediately demonstrate that what Scott Walker and his buddies are doing is political suicide, or there will be basically nothing to stand in the way of people like the Koch brothers. Please, contribute $5 to Jessica King and Fred Clark now.

 

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