"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
news:1203389.UR4ihFSjt0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Mandriva signs the AFUL petition "Non aux racketiciels" against tied sales
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Mandriva offers choice to consumers. Today, in countries like Brazil,
> | Argentina or Poland where users have the ability to choose the
> | operating system installed with their computer, PC manufacturers sell
> | tens of thousands of units every month with Mandriva Linux
> | pre-installed.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/jun/12/mandriva_signs_the_aful_petition_non_aux_racketiciels_against_tied_sales
>
> It's not just Dell. Microsoft's 'chokehold' on the market is being lost
> everywhere.
>
I recently installed FreeSpire (I heard about them before but my interest
got rekindled when I heard about the Linspire-Microsoft deal) on an 7 year
old PC and I have to say it looks very impressive. They've really done a
much better job of hiding the technicalities of Linux than most other
distro's (including Ubuntu). The esthetics are also very good, something I
miss on many distro's (such as Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux). It didn't
detect al my hardware as good as Puppy Linux (serial mouse didn't work) but
it's certainly the equal of Windows in terms of ease of use. It also
strengthens my belief that user-friendly Linux is merely a question of
polish, no major changes are needed.
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