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It is easily disabled and is only a feature in Ubuntu's Unity desktop. If you use a different version of Ubuntu (GNOME, Mate, KDE, whatever else they offer now)
by joshuapants 11y ago
It is easily disabled and is only a feature in Ubuntu's Unity desktop. If you use a different version of Ubuntu (GNOME, Mate, KDE, whatever else they offer now) it won't be an issue.
- atap 11y agoDon't make excuses for something that's very obviously antithetical to very premise of Linux and free, open-source software.
- joshuapants 11y agoI'm not making any excuses. You have the option to choose another desktop or distro entirely if you don't like it. That is a fact, not an excuse. Your point would carry more weight if it were impossible to disable it and if I had suggested the parent post just use it anyway.
- tracker1 11y agoConsidering how many people liked google's desktop search widget, and similar, I'm not sure I agree... not to mention that seeing repository matches that aren't installed (yet) can be useful too. Not that most of those features require integrated online searches... but I can see how someone, even most casual users would prefer it that way. Hell, look at how many people type in website addresses into their search box.