How to make Ubuntu 13.10 bearable in three easy steps

Ubuntu-13.10-Notes.txt

How to make Ubuntu 13.10 bearable in three easy steps
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1. Opt-out of "send all your keystrokes to our servers"

If you need to add a legal warnings section to your application, then your
doing it wrong!

Navigate to:  System Settings -> Security and Privacy -> Search
Disable "Include online search results"

2. Remove Ubuntu "we'll store your data for you"-ware

    sudo apt-get --purge remove \
        deja-dup-backend-ubuntuone \
        landscape-client-ui-install \
        python-ubuntuone-client \
        python-ubuntuone-control-panel \
        remote-login-service \
        rhythmbox-ubuntuone \
        ubuntu-sso-client-qt \
        ubuntuone-client \
        ubuntuone-client-data \
        ubuntuone-control-panel \
        ubuntuone-control-panel-qt \
        unity-webapps-common

3. Install a decent editor, terminal emulator and browser

    sudo apt-get install vim terminator chromium-browser
    update-alternatives --config editor

Now that you have terminator you can pin you probably want to pin it to the
launcher.

After these steps Ubuntu 13.10 is not that bad. After I hid the Unity's
launcher I found it about as comfortable as Gnome 3.4 on Debian. The newer
versions of Gnome seem to be optimizing every interaction for a touch screen:
why should I swipe to unlock with my mouse? I just want to type my password
unlock the computer.