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Computers With Ubuntu Linux Coming to All Major Retailers
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| Essentially, all major computer retail stores will carry computers with
| Ubuntu pre-installed by the end of 2008 or early 2009, predicted a Canonical
| manager who met with The VAR Guy at OSCON. But this isn’t another Linux
| desktop PC story. In this case, the computers are Netbooks (also known as
| sub-notebooks). Here’s the scoop.
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| At least two “multinational corporations” (translation: Big PC or consumer
| electronics companies) have agreed to preinstall Ubuntu Netbook Remix edition
| on forthcoming sub-notebook devices, according to Gerry Carr, a Canonical
| marketing manager.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/22/computers-with-ubuntu-linux-coming-to-all-major-retailers/
http://tinyurl.com/6gq3z5
Also new:
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| After 6 months of fieldwork from April to November 2006, I sat down to write
| my Master’s Thesis on the social dynamics of the Ubuntu Linux developers’
| on-line community. I turned in the thesis on the 23rd of June 2007, and
| defended it successfully on Monday the 27th of August 2007. After some
| tweaking and polishing, the thesis now available for a wider audience.
| Download the 2.9 MB PDF file here, or scroll down to read the abstract.
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http://eskar.dk/andreas/blog/?page_id=260
Recent:
PC vendors want to sell you desktop Linux
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| Dell is not a charity. If people weren't buying desktop Linux, they wouldn't
| be selling it. And, if more people weren't asking for it, they wouldn't be
| offering it on more systems.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/pc_vendors_want_to_sell_you_desktop_linux
Ubuntu Chief: OEMs Turning to Us for Netbook OS
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| Is anyone paying attention in Redmond?
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| Adds Shuttleworth: "The aim was to do something very simple that could be
| tested easily, work with touch devices and made shippable very quickly. It
| also needed to be efficient on lower-power devices, and work well with Intel
| hardware, which seems to be the preferred platform for this generation of
| devices and allows us to slip a few nice effects in that would be hard
| without the right hardware support."
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http://www.crn.com/software/208402747
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