I like Ubuntu. A lot. But for 9.10, I think a few things were lost on them. I think removing Pidgin as the default IM client was a huge mistake. I haven’t even bothered with Empathy or whatever it is simply because I need proxy support. If you are going to replace something, make sure it has the same features (or better). Especially with something that absolutely must have internet connectivity, please include proxy support. This also gets me on the Gnome proxy settings soap box. If it is supposed to be “enabled system-wide”, why does it not work? Banshee, Gwibber and Empathy are all guilty of this. Please fix it.