On Tue, 01 May 2007 16:01:07 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> What Dell's desktop Linux move means
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> | Some of you may be thinking, "Why is this such a big deal?" Linspire |
> has been successful in getting smaller OEMs (original equipment |
> manufacturers) to offer Linux on the desktop for years. Some small |
> OEMs, such as All Around Geeks and System76, offer their own |
> house-brand Linux desktops. Other companies, such as EmperorLinux, |
> have long sold brand-name computers from Lenovo, Panasonic, Sharp, | and
> even Dell after they installed Linux on them. `----
>
> http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7546369370.html
Also an artile on the BBC's web site and a link to it on the front page
under 'OTHER TOP STORIES'.
| Computer maker Dell has chosen Ubuntu as the operating system for its
| range of Linux computers for consumers.
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| Fans of Linux hope that the move will persuade more mainstream PC users
| to abandon Microsoft Windows and opt for the open-source operating
| system.
| Michael Dell, the founder, chairman and chief executive of Dell, is
| himself an Ubuntu user. He has the operating system installed on a
| high-end Dell Precision M90 laptop he uses at home.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6610901.stm
This is excellent publicity for Linux.
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