this demonstrates what is probably my biggest gripe with Ubuntu (I
can't say Linux as I don't know how other distros handle this) - the
lack of consistency from one version to the next. Why do so many things
have to change - seemingly for no better reason than changing them? In
Gutsy, .Trash is directly under the user's home folder; in Hardy it's in
some obscure location that I would never have found on my own. In
Gutsy, the Boinc manager gets put under Accessories in the menus; Hardy
moves it to System Tools - and that's not the only example; Firestarter
moved from Accessories to System>Administration between Feisty and Gutsy
and there are lots more. Every upgrade I have to change my OOo
templates because the formatting goes all over the place. Shortcut keys
change for no obvious reason (for example, the 'Number of copies'
shortcut key in the OOo Print dialog has changed from Alt-C to Alt-B
with the change to Hardy).

And *don't * get me started on the inconvenience of having to reinstall
all those programs I want to use but that the upgrader doesn't want me
to have!

OK, to be fair, some changes do make sense - having Firestarter under
System>Administration *is* more logical than putting it under
Accessories, for instance - but every six months, I almost have to
relearn my operating system. Microsoft never made me do that; at least
they had the decency to wait a couple of years or more before they
confused the Hell out of me.

For me, it's a major irritation, but I put up with it - for someone
taking their first steps into Linuxland, it could be the deal breaker
that sends them back to Windows.