____/ John Locke on Tuesday 24 July 2007 17:19 : \____
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:54:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>____/ John Locke on Tuesday 24 July 2007 16:51 : \____
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:18:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think I converted my 14 year old brother?
>>>
>>>>| Anyway, he wanted Ubuntu Studio and I wasn?t going to stand in his way. I
>>>>| gave him the Ubuntu Studio CD (which doesn?t have a GUI installer like
>>>>| the vanilla Ubuntu) and stood back to watch my 14 year old brother
>>>>| install his first ever Linux Distro with no problems at all!
>>>>|
>>>>| I love presenting Ubuntu to people.. I?m working on converting my mate as
>>>>| I type!
>>> More people are learning about Linux and Linux desktop iinstallation is
>>> improving rapidly at the same time. Will there be a Vista implosion ?:
>>>
>>> ---- More Linux Users----> ! Vista! <-----Ease of Linux Install-----
>>>
>>> Could be..............
>>
>>Ease of installation aside, don't forget availability. Dell, Acer, Epson,
>>Lenovo...
>
> Good point. And HP also.
The best is yet to come. H-P and Toshiba (even Lenovo) are not yet doing it at
the same level of capacity as Dell. There are many other shops that do this,
with another product/OEM joining with a model every coupla days. You could
probably say that 2007 was the year when Linux was made available on the
desktop from all major OEMs.
As expected, hardware support (from the manufacturer's side) improves as a
result. Only 2 days ago, Dell /pressured/ ATI (AMD) to get its act together.
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