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> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
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>> Dell?s Linux Ads: Microsoft?s Nightmare Before Christmas?
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>>| The VAR Guy hears Microsoft "has gone postal" over the Linux notebook
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/11/17/dell-continues-newspaper-ads-for-ubuntu-linux-laptop/
>
> Maybe Ballmer will bust a blood vessel.
>
> Interesting comment:
>
> rob enderle Says:
> November 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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> >cases it still unfortunately looks quite amateurish >(especially the
> >GUI, i.e. totem).
>
> Im a KDE and XFCE user and must say I have to agreed with this.
> My sister bought one and while the wifi is a thing of beauty now, the
> audio video components are just horrible to work with.
> I ditched the wonky and ugly Totem and Rhythmbox for VLC and Amarok and
> the useless Pidgin for Kopete because Kopete has joined the 21st century
> and you can use video with it.
>
> The default fonts are limiting as is the Gnome lack of flexibility but
> when it comes to it, she can IM, browse/email and write letters in .doc
> as well as watch and listen to her shows on the usb key.
>
> The FUD may be the same, but I doubt that is /the/ Rob Enderle.
It could always be his evil cousin Roe Benderle or Ron Spinderella.
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