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Dell To Linux Users — Not So Fast

Posted by kdawson on from the still-with-the-Windows-tax? dept.

PetManimal writes to tell us that after all the hubbub over Dell's note about manufacturing Linux-friendly Dells and choosing distros, the company is now telling users not to expect factory-installed Linux laptops and desktops anytime soon. According to the article, Dell says that lining up certification, support, and training will 'take a lot of work.' "The company said today that the note was just about certifying the hardware for being ready to work with Novell SUSE Linux, not an announcement that the computers would be loaded and sold with the operating system in the near future..."

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  1. Woops! by One+Louder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm, sounds like somebody at Dell got The Phone Call.

    1. Re:Woops! by Sneakernets · · Score: 5, Funny

      More like, somebody at Dell got The Chair.

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    2. Re:Woops! by Phil246 · · Score: 2, Funny

      or the flying chair...

    3. Re:Woops! by ashridah · · Score: 4, Funny

      Was it a comfy chair?

    4. Re:Woops! by Bob54321 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Any chair that is lodged in some part of your body due to its use as a projectile tends not to be comfy... In fact, I cannot think of an exception to that rule.

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    5. Re:Woops! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      He was poked with the SOFT CUSHIONS!!!!

  2. Dude! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, you're getting a false hope!

  3. It takes a long time... by stox · · Score: 5, Funny

    to write the support scripts. Not until they can blame 99% of the problems on the customer will they be prepared to offer support for it. All they excuses they've collected for Windows will be of little use for them, they'll have to start from scratch.

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  4. Damn Dell by GFree · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously they don't have the lobes for Linux.

  5. Msft to Dell, on the red telephone: by toby · · Score: 4, Funny

    "How about a nice cup of Shut The Fuck Up About Linux..."

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    you had me at #!
  6. Re:If they can get a penguin logo on every PC by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hasn't Ballmer lost his mind already?

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  7. Comfy? by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was it a comfy chair? No... this time the 'Bald Avenger®' used a hand made Italian throwing chair (an excellent chocie) designed to fracture but not fatally shatter the skull of the target (aka. Mr. Dell) thus teaching him a lesson without causing permanent injury. Next time of course the gloves will come off... the Bald Avenger will hit Mr. Dell with the 'smirk of repentance' which will burn his soul out and send it to the deepest pit of Recycle-Bin-Hell where Clippy, the angel of darkness, will punish Mr. Dell for his disloyalty by driving him insane with a never ending flood of useless suggestions...

    Disclaimer: The above message is intended to make absolutely no sense at all, if it failed in this the author would like to apologize in advance.
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