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| Thread ID: 81411 | 2007-07-27 03:03:00 | Dell offering Ubuntu Linux instead of Vista | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
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| 573119 | 2007-07-27 03:03:00 | Yes I know it is old news, but when a major PC manufacturer drops Vista in favour of XP and Linux due to customer demand or lack of in terms of Vista..... BOSTON - Dell will soon offer more personal computers that use the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft's Windows, said the founder of a company that offers Linux support services. Mark Shuttleworth, who created a version of Linux software named Ubuntu, said Dell is happy with the demand it has seen for Linux PCs that were introduced in May. www.nzherald.co.nz Meanwhile Microsoft is "claiming" that is has sold 60 million Vista licenses... www.nzherald.co.nz |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573120 | 2007-07-27 03:07:00 | I am very hopeful that this will lead Dell (and Acer?) to ask for better hardware compatibility with linux. | vinref (6194) | ||
| 573121 | 2007-07-27 08:20:00 | Is it dropping or simply offering people more choice? So say Apple developed the Cryphone, would that mean that they were dropping th iPhone. Yeah, take anything out of context to prove a point eh winmacguy? | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 573122 | 2007-07-27 09:08:00 | Dell is certainly offering its customers more choice, especially considering it was the customers that demanded they offer Dell PCs to be sold with Ubuntu Linux in the first place. The main point is that Dell has noticed more demand for XP rather than Vista which was one of the initial reasons for its declining quarter of PC sales. I think it is great that Dell is selling Ubuntu Linux as a consumer desktop option, I hope it goes really well for them. Apple actually has a few more tricks up its sleeve ;) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573123 | 2007-07-27 10:28:00 | Why is MS "claiming" its Vista sales macfag? | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 573124 | 2007-07-27 11:42:00 | I am very hopeful that this will lead Dell (and Acer?) to ask for better hardware compatibility with linux. I would guess they will ask the coders of Ubuntu to make a special version that will run properly on their hardware. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 573125 | 2007-07-27 15:13:00 | Roddy Boy, there was absolutely no reason to say call him names... What kind of hardware goes into those boxes that *isnt* compatible? I dont know of many Desktop machines from the likes of Dell etc that dont work with Linux. Hardware support is pretty darn good, although lots of it is still getting re-written, like just recently the Firewire stack was I believe... But how many Dell boxes come out with Firewire cards in them? ;) They're more likely to speak directly with the Linux Kernel devs about hardware XYZ not working if its a MUST-HAVE for that PC. Either that, or find an alternative, replacement part that *does* have (better?) Linux support |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 573126 | 2007-07-27 18:45:00 | Why is MS "claiming" its Vista sales macfag? It is the difference between Vista licenses shipped to the OEMs from Microsoft and people buying Vista because they wanted it on their machine. Shipping is one thing, actually selling it is another. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573127 | 2007-07-27 21:39:00 | This is a sign of the future and may force Micro$ to lower their prices. The price of hardware has dropped like hell over the last few years and XP/Vista on a new machine must make up quite a bit of the cost of a PC for a supplier such as Dell. Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 573128 | 2007-07-27 22:00:00 | The price of hardware has dropped like hell over the last few years and XP/Vista on a new machine must make up quite a bit of the cost of a PC for a supplier such as Dell. I doubt that. Its one of the cheaper bits for me when I build one, and they'd get some bulk deal off MS. But good on them. Might make the sheep think a bit more in future. |
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