I hate Ubuntu >:(
Why not just get a different distro instead of hammering on Ubuntu just because YOU had problems?
Anonymous

I tried several. Ubuntu is the best.  The king of the hill.  But the hill is made of shit.

Two things:
1. If you hate Ubuntu so much, why do you use it? There are other flavors of Linux or even other operating systems...
2. Simple instructions on how to move the window buttons back to the right: http://met.al/3uq

I think a lot of your complaints are unreasonable.

1. Because rabid freetards on the Internet misled me by telling me it’s the Best OS Ever.  It’s clearly not, so I’m trying to do my part to counteract the forces of evil and dispel this ongoing deception.

As I said in my first post, I tried other Linux distros before I found Ubuntu, and they drove me mad.  Ubuntu’s the best Linux distro there is (as evidenced by it kicking all the others’ asses overnight in market share) but it still sucks by any objective standard.  I’ve spent the last few years waiting for it to stop sucking, but it hasn’t.  I’ve wasted far too much time on this experiment.  Life is too short.  I know many others feel the same way.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see the download numbers decreasing over the last few years.  Google Trends seems to show interest in Ubuntu is dropping off.

2. I’m looking for a new computer and it will probably be Windows 7, since that’s been working much more stably and reliably on my work computer, but I have so much invested in Ubuntu that it’s hard to switch.

Like an abusive relationship, I recognize on a rational level that Ubuntu is cruel to me and I should abandon it, but my brain still has this irrational emotional attachment to the “movement” associated with it.  So I have to actively fight against my self-destructive tendencies by documenting my frustrations, so I can’t forget them.

In fact, I’d really like to continue using Ubuntu.  It has some good qualities, and it’s free, and open source still seems like a good idea to me (the Kool-Aid must be very strong).  But… as much as I would like it to stop sucking, I don’t see any evidence that it will happen any time soon, if ever.  Canonical’s priorities appear to be:
1. Make it look like a Mac
2. Change default apps, realize this was a mistake, change them to something else with the next release, realize this was a mistake…
3. Improved boot time!
4. Shove it out the door on the release date, bugs or not
5. ???

I’m complaining and complaining everywhere I can, in the hopes that it helps open people’s eyes and influence their priorities, but it hasn’t had much effect.  Bug reports just sit untouched for years.  About a third of Ubuntu Forum’s members have “major problems” with every release, but there’s no improvement.  Ubuntu sucks.

3. Those instructions are not “simple”.  “Easy” has a meaning, you know.

My complaints are not at all unreasonable.