Amusing, however app repositories arent confined to open source, Apple do it (At least for the IPhone), Nintendo do it, google do it, Sony do it. No reason Microsoft couldnt do it.

Well in the UK, we chuck it all in barrels, take it to Sellafield, then cover our eyes and hope some politician 10 years down the line has the testicles to deal with it. Sadly, alas, These are in short supply in Westminister,

The American Empire is broadly speaking evil. Everything thinking person agrees with this.

I believe its the exact opposite, the American Empire broadly a good influence, which have a bad habit of kneejerk reactions which go over the top,
Generally, i find most people who say otherwise, generally havent researched and thaught the issue through properly. Yes, the US has done unpleasant things, Name any government in the world that hasnt done in the last 10 years, generally in a similar Kneejerk fashion.

US bashing is a popular passtime in Europe at the moment, and i expect in the rest of the world as well, and to be honest, its childish and stupid.

Dammit, i fed the troll.

I had the same issue. with the Huawei K3520 (the UK vodaphone version of the E169) I have managed to discover a workaround, however its annoying. If its not fixed before my last major camp in three weeks time, i'm going to downgrade back to 9.04. I dont really want to be fiddling with Kernel modules in the middle of nowere in the dark and wet of a typical english Winter. I'd rather just turn it on and it works,like 9.04 did.

My install worked flawlessly, and all the internal hardware worked. (Camera, mic, display, Wireless, Ethernet, everything)
However, It doesnt seem to work properly with my Mobile internet dongle. Looks like something kernel related.
I can get it to work if i rmmod usb-storage immediately after i insert it (Why usb-storage?), before the deskop sees it.
Sadly, for me this is a killer. My netbook is mainly for being able to use the internet while camping. (Sad but true)
Shame. 9.04 worked flawlessly with it, first go.

I have noticed something similar with an Aspire one netbook (6 cell). Only the difference is between the pre-installed linux (Something called Linpus) which i get about 6-7 hours, and Ubuntu Netbook, which gives me about 4-5.

Of course, Ubuntu is so much more prettier and up to date than Linpus, and i'm loathe to switch back.

>Seriously though, is there a business conference that happens annually now where presenters try >to sell the audience on the benefits of alienating your customers by providing sub-par purchasing and product use options? Well Darl's going a bit short at the moment, so he decided to hit the lecture circuit for a while.