Cash back from convicted monopoly:
Prelude to Ubuntu on an Acer Aspire 4320
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| The day before I had read a discussion in the Dutch Usenet group
| nl.internet.www.ontwerp about the possibilities of getting a refund for a
| Microsoft operating system if you didn't accepted the end user license
| agreement (EULA). Eric B. Bednarz wrote that he recalled to have read that
| someone was able to get a refund of 15 euro (or 15 USD, he couldn't recall
| which) from Acer. Warden Dave posted a follow-up to this message with a link
| to an article on the BBC web site: User refund for no Windows option. Since I
| have plans for buying a Dell computer in the near future, I bookmarked that
| link, not having the slightest idea that the next day this refund issue would
| become more actual. Later on Warden Dave posted another useful link:
| Linux.com :: How to get a Windows tax refund.
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http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2007/12/22/prelude-to-ubuntu-acer-aspire.html
Linux is more than ready:
Ubuntu on the rise
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| Since 1994 through about 2006, I’ve always been a fan of Windows, but for
| some reason always became bored of it because of my curiousity and ever
| growing need for knowledge.
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| That was until this year when I came across a distrubution called Ubuntu.
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http://blackboxdisease.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/ubuntu-on-the-rise/
Helping peers and family migrate as well:
My Ubuntu Experiment
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| My 71 year-old father has agreed to try Ubuntu on his home PC. He has used
| Windows for years, but after his XP system became so infected with viruses
| and other malware that I needed to wipe his system, he's willing to try
| Linux.
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http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/my_ubuntu_experiment
Road to Compiz-Fusion:
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
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| After a long while, I finally decided to upgrade my linux installation to the
| latest Gutsy Gibbon -- touted as a big step forward with its ease of
| installation.
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http://suncallmoonbright.blogspot.com/2007/12/ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon.html
Goodbye Windows dependency:
Ubuntu on my HP Laptop...
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| Of course, I need to follow up my positive post about Microsoft with my
| latest escapades. I am now without windows at home.
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http://www.codeheadsystems.com/blog/archives/227-Ubuntu-on-my-HP-Laptop....html
That was just a sample of very new stories.
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