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Dell to Offer More Linux PCs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-good-turn dept.

head_dunce writes "According to this article, Mark Shuttleworth from the Ubuntu camp says Dell is seeing a demand for the Linux-based PC and, "There are additional offerings in the pipeline." I'm starting to see flashbacks of the days when Microsoft partnered up with IBM to gain control of the desktop market. Will other Linux flavors find their way to the likes of Lenovo or HP, etc, or will Ubuntu claim the desktop market working with other PC manufacturers?"

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  1. Obligatory by halfloaded · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but does it run... uhhh... Windows?

  2. Re:Mandriva by sykopomp · · Score: 1, Funny

    Both posters above me are obviously trolls. There is no redeeming quality about either of the distros they support. I know this because I use Fedora. Now THAT is a real distro. You copycat wannabees can go crawl back in your little hermit holes and listen to your MP3s. I'm gonna go be smart AND popular.

  3. Re:Linux wins the low-cost computing game by lixee · · Score: 4, Funny

    A 200$ 7" 2Gb gadget is no match for the 150$ full-blown Medison celebrity machine. I also hear it comes with a spam-proof email client. Or was it scam-proof? I forget...

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  4. Re:Advantage lost by Your.Master · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha! You didn't count on the fact that my hometown is incredibly tiny, and therefore has no such advertising.

  5. Re:Linux is variety by howlingmadhowie · · Score: 1, Funny

    (how long till we have nerd-cults dedicated to him?). well, when i think that my mother believes as it is that jesus was an astronaut...
  6. Re:Linux is variety by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It might mean that every single mainstream linux app in the future is going to be developed exclusively in py. :-\

    Yeah, but I'm sure there's a downside too..

  7. Re:The year of change by minus9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A flawless operating system and no more problems with IE. This is truly a great day in history.

  8. Re:Advantage lost by boyko.at.netqos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dell's three biggest competitive advantages are Microsoft's discount, purchasing power on components, brand name recognition, and surprise. Dell's *four* biggest competitive advantages are Microsoft's discount, purchasing power, brand, surprise, fear, and ruthless efficiency. Dell's *five* biggest advantages are the discount, purchasing power, brand, surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to Michael Dell... Our *six*... no... *Amongst* Dell's competitive advantages... are such elements as the discount, purchasing power... I'll come in again...

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  9. Re:Advantage lost by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Funny

    In 2006, Dell accounted for 16.1 percent of the 59 million PCs shipped worldwide. Last year, Dell shipped 950 million PCs.
    Typo, I know, but it was amusingly bad luck that you emphasised it so heavily.
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