Dell to Offer More Linux PCs

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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[thatskinnyguy]

"...or will Ubuntu claim the desktop market working with other PC manufacturers?"

I hope not. Ubuntu may be good for some, but I found it to be relatively useless once I got past the eye candy.

M$ is worried and starting to eliminate XP.

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M$ Fanboy dedazo ignorantly imagines another seven years of XP:

You mean when "M$" stops supporting it in 2014, or are you referring to something else?

Why anyone would want to run XP as a primary OS today is hard to fathom, but M$ is not going to help you do it for the next seven years. Have a look at talk like this:

Michael Cherry, analyst with Directions at Microsoft, ... It's possible, Cherry added, that Microsoft might find itself forced to recognise more reality in the future. "At some point, they might have to consider [further] limiting the availability of XP," to push people to Vista.

XP does not make enough money to support the M$ monopoly so it's going to get the axe.