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Surely you can disable that in a relatively easy way? I'm thinking about trying linux and such comments kinda scare me.

• 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 ago
    Don't make excuses for something that's very obviously antithetical to very premise of Linux and free, open-source software.
    • joshuapants 11y ago
      I'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 ago
      Considering 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.
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