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Ubuntu Dell $50 Cheaper Than Vista Dell
rhinokitty writes "Dell recently announced that their Ubuntu systems will be $50 cheaper than similar systems running Vista (Home Basic Edition). This will be a good fork in the road for those people who need a little extra push to take hold of their dreams and run Linux."
Speaking as someone who once worked for microsoft before leaving for a job with an international office supply retailer. I say YAY!!! Learn from this and make a better OS Micro$oft.
DUH... you fucking retards.
Indeed, because of bugs in Apples OS and Apple Script I get oddball password demands much more often than Windows. Apparently sudo only works most of the time on OS X. Never mind the applications that want to jack with the system which don't actually need to. Or to be fair, the OS doesn't do what it is supposed to do so you MUST jack with the system to make your app. work. Fonts are a good example of something which has been busted in some fashion at one time or another on several platforms. Sometimes for many releases. Personally I like the ridicule option... Application XYZ is doing ABC. That's not recommended behavior and is usually indicative of malicious software. We recommend you cancel the operation and remove it from the system. Cancel/Cancel and remove application/Allow but sandbox that shit/Allow your shitty software to crap up the place. Clearly I'll get nowhere with the MBA's and their "partners" but it sure would get developers, 1st and 3rd party, to clean up their act. Of course that would also require OS vendors make sure their API's did the right thing, and the documentation was complete and correct. Pfft... that'll be the day.
Platform advocacy is like choosing a favorite severely developmentally disabled child.
This Dell / Ubuntu stuff is getting old and annoying. I don't give a crap if Dell sells laptops with Ubuntu. Anyone who NEEDS Dell to sell a laptop with Ubuntu on it and support that laptop is someone who should stay with Windows. For me, part of the fun of Linux is installing it myself and making it work how I want it to work. I've been using Linux since 1996 and I still have not installed Ubuntu, because I can't bring myself to install something called "Ubuntu" . It might be the best distro... I don't know.. but the name kills it for me. One more thing: Why do people complain about having to pay an extra 50 for MS windows ? To me, that seems a bit irrational, because those same people who bitch and complain and REFUSE to buy the laptop if they have to pay an extra 50 are the same people who will spend 300 on a video card or games. If I want a new laptop, 50 is not going to sway my buying decision either way, because there are more important things, like the fact that I'm going to be using it a lot and I need it to be dependable. OK... I'm finished ranting now.