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No Demand for Linux in the UK?

Posted by Zonk on from the we-like-tea-not-penguins dept.

eldavojohn writes "If you're a Linux user in the UK looking for a Linux box, you're not going to get it from Acer. The computer maker has started releasing Linux installed machines in Singapore but cited 'no demand' as a reason for not releasing the same computer with Linux installed in the UK. From the ZDNet article: 'Before the launch of the Acer Aspire in Singapore, there had been no suggestion that any major manufacturer other than Dell was even considering releasing Ubuntu-based products. However, Acer president Gianfranco Lanci did tell Financial Times Deutschland that "the whole [PC] industry is disappointed with Windows Vista". Lanci claimed that Microsoft's new operating system had not boosted PC sales, due to concerns over its stability and overall maturity.'"

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  1. Maybe... by u-bend · · Score: 5, Funny

    They just don't want Linux on an Acer.
    Not a troll, just saying.

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    1. Re:Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      See:
      Lunix

      Lunix is one of the most powerful contraceptives evar. ...It is an operating system that was the result of really crappy reverse-engineering efforts to create a free version of UNIX. Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox are the perpetrators behind this travesty. Tons of people use it, especially hippies, and no one really likes it except the terminally uncool. Most of them use it in violation of SCO's intellectual property rights. To use Lunix legally, one must pay a $699 license fee to SCO for each processor that runs the Lunix kernel.
    2. Re:Maybe... by danbert8 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know the problem with sarcasm? You can't make a sarcastic reply to a sarcastic comment without people taking it seriously.

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  2. I get fed up of telling people.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...there's just no demand for it round here!

  3. The first pleasure of using linux is installation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure there is no demand, each and every linux user wants to install linux by himself. Installing linux is the first pleasure of using it, if a manufacturer installs it for you, THEY STEAL SOMETHING FROM YOU. Anyway if you purchase a system with a crippled version of linux like lindows, xandros or licoris, the first thing to do is to erase the disk and install a real distribution.
    UNFORTUNATELY, linux installastion is too easy today, most of the pleasure produced by difficulties is gone. In the good old days you would spend days and days trying to figure out why X or sound do not work on your laptop. Unfortunately today all pleasure is gone, you are all set up and going in an hour or so, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, the installer does your job. This is not the kind of linux I like, I want the installation to be hard! Our only salvation is Gentoo!

  4. What they said / What they meant by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Acer said: "If you're a Linux user in the UK looking for a Linux box, you're not going to get it from Acer. The computer maker has started releasing Linux installed machines in Singapore but cited 'no demand' as a reason for not releasing the same computer with Linux installed"

    Acer meant: "Because we're hogtied by Microsoft due to us whoring ourselves out to them earlier, We are currently not allowed to offer anything but their 'wonderful'(TM) line of products until 2045"

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  5. Standard yellow teeth troll response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    toothbrushes
    Still, in the US you don't have much need for:
    • jeans below size 36" waist
    • dictionaries containing the word "irony"
    • atlases showing countries outside US (unless they are marked with "gertbigoilfield")
    • health food shops
    • gas mileage [sic] higher than double figures
    • IQ higher then double figures
  6. Actually, in the UK it is spelled... by milatchi · · Score: 2, Funny

    LinUKs

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  7. Re:Vista to boost PC sales? by Toreo+asesino · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why? Because Vista has funkier backgrounds, Aero (which I must admit does look the business), and, er, a nifty utility for sorting photos. That fades in and out. And shiny blue buttons!

    Seriously, when I show people Vista, the conversation goes more or less like:

    Me: "check what happens when you open a window!"
    Them: "ooooooooooo! Nice!"
    Me: "check what happens when you close a window!"
    Them: "ooooooooooo! Nice!"
    Me: "check what happens when you minimise a window!"
    Them: "ooooooooooo! Nice!"
    Me: "and, er....."
    Them: "That's a nice background...where'd you get that?"
    Me: "Oh, that's came with Vista."
    Them: "AWESOME!"

    So, you see, it's a vanity thing. Microsoft know this too, which is why they spent kazillions on the whole look and feel. It does it for average Joe.

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