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[News] Dell Linux Misconceptions - Ordinary Users Do Request Linux

Dell, Linux... and Mark Shuttleworth

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| It turned out that the "community" wanted PCs installed with GNU/Linux. As 
| of today, 113,556 individuals have said Dell should offer the top three 
| distributions out of the showroom; another 78,300 want OpenOffice.org 
| installed as an alternative to Microsoft Works or Microsoft Office. They've 
| all registered and logged in to make these demands - so they have expended 
| some time on it.
|
| [...]
|
| The crowd who want GNU/Linux out of the showroom are the ones who are
| getting their feet wet for the first time. The ones who don't know how
| to use the MadWifi drivers or ndiswrapper to set up a wireless card.
| The ones who can't figure out how to get the nVidia drivers to work
| properly. They are far from fussy - if every device on that new box
| works with the GNU/Linux supplied by a vendor, they will just go
| home and start using it happily. Is it then so difficult for a
| vendor like Dell to offer GNU/Linux (any distribution) on a line of PCs?
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10569/1090/

Many onservers assume that those who request Linux systems are those already
capable of installing Linux on anything.

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