Ubuntu Demotes Its Migration Assistant

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu Demotes Its Migration Assistant

Ubuntu developers have decided to remove the migration-assistant package from the stock Ubuntu installer. This software package was supposed to make it easy for transferring files and settings to Ubuntu Linux from Windows...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEwOTg

[droidhacker]

Also the fact that there's nothing to "migrate" from microshit to linux. The whole process involves just copying the home directory and saying "f-it".

[johnc]

Also the fact that there's nothing to "migrate" from microshit to linux. The whole process involves just copying the home directory and saying "f-it".

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What about my viruses, malware and overcrowded registry? If it doesn't migrate that over, what good is it?

[Vadi]

I guess it wasn't so necessary since Ubuntu sees the Windows partition and is able to access it anyway.

I'm not happy with the amount of bugs still present in nux, unity, compiz and etecetera however. There's been many releases and the issues I see as a user still manage to appear