Ubuntu 13.04 To Allow Purchases From the Dash
Canonical released some information about the upcoming release of Ubuntu 13.04, "Raring Ringtail".
The developer will be advancing the commercial content search feature in the Dash and enable users to purchase music and software right from the dash, without the need to open an application.
"We expect to enable instant payments, powered by Ubuntu One, for both applications from the Software Center and music from the Music Store – to deliver the fastest possible purchasing experience directly from the Dash," wrote Cristian Parrino on the Canonical blog.
According to the post, 13.04 will also bring more scopes by default, and extend the Suggestions scope to include more retailers beyond the Ubuntu One Music Store and Amazon.com. "We are also testing a few additional user controls like filters for local and global searching - more to come on this front as we learn from those sessions," Parrino wrote. "In the meantime, users can already focus a search to local files only with a simple super-f keystroke."
Ubuntu 13.04 is scheduled for an April 25, 2013 release.
i would buy a camry with a 720hp engine especially if it costs the same
...that's because Ubuntu is the only linux distro familiar enough to be used by some retailers as an alternative to Windows?
Or maybe because it's the most popular distro? Oh, wait, can it be because it wants to open up to money-making markets with this move, henceforth increasing it's appeal to various builders/developers alike?
No, really, please do tell how you came up with your conclusion.
...that's because Ubuntu is the only linux distro familiar enough to be used by some retailers as an alternative to Windows?
Or maybe because it's the most popular distro? Oh, wait, can it be because it wants to open up to money-making markets with this move, henceforth increasing it's appeal to various builders/developers alike?
No, really, please do tell how you came up with your conclusion.
I think that he is completely wrong in his assessment though. This isn't going to be the feature that makes it a worldwide success (more so than it already is) but it's also not the feature that ruins Ubuntu. It's just an odd thing to focus on is all... Instead canonical should focus on a way of reinvent gaming on the PC.
I've defended them a lot over the years, because Ubuntu "just works" a lot better than Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, etc... but now I'm going to really spend some time evaluating alternatives.
i would buy a camry with a 720hp engine especially if it costs the same
Or if possible, have someone else release ubuntu builds with the ad crap removed.
the results are crap, the unity UI sucks as it makes it hard to deal with multiple windows of the same application, eg multiple office documents or multiple browser windows.
It is annoying getting a new version of ubuntu and having to run more and more commands to make the OS work properly. (eg installing gnome, getting rid of the unity crap, fixing the search and a few other minor fixes
I don't want crap where a mistaken click can cost you money (almost as bad as tmobile and verizon where with the old bar and flip phones, there was a button that automatically launched browser, making it so that once you hit the button, it would automatically cost you like $1+ since they build per MB and a single byte is all it takes.
Linux Mint has taken over as No1.
raa raa for linux mint.. after Ubuntu stuffed there GUI I switched with 80% of everybody else.
nuff said
Looking at where Ubuntu is now, i think i made the right decision.
Richard Stallman calling Ubuntu spyware because by default local search sends the searching terms to canonical and displays ads from amazon.
most popular distro? i thought linux mint managed to become the most popular/used a bit ago unless it went back
Linux Mint has nowhere near the userbase of Ubuntu.
but without ubuntu neither of those distros would exist
ubuntu is trying to find a revenue stream to continue to offer a good alternative to windows
and i support this... compared to all the other main OSes out there, they are up front about this and allow u to disable it... u dont see windows, mac, android offering that