Review: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
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| Ubuntu and Kubuntu Feisty are moderate improvements over the Edgy
| release, and include enough new software and features to justify
| upgrading to Feisty or trying it out for the first time if you've
| been waiting to take the Ubuntu plunge.
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| Feisty delivers most of the features that users were hoping for
| in Edgy. Ubuntu is getting to the point where it can face
| mainstream desktops. If that weren't the case, would Michael
| Dell be running the OS on his laptop?
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http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/27/1311222&tid=127
Dell and Ubuntu: deal or no deal?
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| Have Michael Dell and Mark Shuttleworth come to some kind of understanding
| that will see Dell machines out on the shelves soon with Ubuntu installed?
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11637&Itemid=1091
http://tinyurl.com/3ynx4d
Related:
Which Linux will Dell offer?
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| I think Dell will start by offering several Linuxes. I'm betting it
| will be RHEL WS 4, SLED 10, and Ubuntu 7.04.
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http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS2855663460.html
Red Hat Linux Not Likely To Be Offered On Dell Desktop PCs, Pacific Crest
Says
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| Dell does sell some workstations with Red Hat Linux already installed;
| but CEO Michael Dell indicated recently that the company has been
| reluctant to back any particular variety of Linux for the desktop.
| In an interview with the Web site DesktopLinux.com in March, he
| indicated that the Ubuntu version has lately been the most popular
| choices of its users seeking to use Linux.
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http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/04/11/red-hat-linux-not-likely-to-be-offered-on-dell-desktop-pcs-pacific-crest-says/
Michael's [Dell] Got a New Notebook...
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| I just heard that Michael's added a new notebook to his hardware
| collection. It's a Precision M90 mobile workstation with Ubuntu
| 7.04 and a list of open-source applications. He's also running
| an NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 graphics card with 512MB RAM.
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http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/04/18/12261.aspx
Are Dell and Red Hat Discussing a Desktop Linux Deal?
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| Michael Dell himself is running Ubuntu Linux at home--in addition
| to three Windows-based PCs. So there's growing speculation that Dell
| will offer Ubuntu on selected systems. If it's good enough for Michael,
| it's good enough for the rest of us--right?
|
| But wait. Hold everything. Now, sources close to Red Hat tell me the
| company could have some desktop-related news to share in a few weeks
| or by the summer at the latest.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070424/33255_id.html?.v=1
Dell casts doubts on Vista
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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
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| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
PC Makers Hedge on Vista Effect
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| PC makers love to talk about the excitement surrounding Microsoft's
| new operating system. But their actions tell a slightly different
| story.
|
| More than a month after Vista's long-awaited release, some PC
| makers appear in no hurry to retire from their product catalog
| computers running the old Windows XP.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/businessnews/10344543.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/33azf7
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