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Ubuntu On Dell After Four Months
mrcgran sends us to LXer for an interview with John Hull, a manager of the Linux Engineering team at Dell, where he reports on how the Ubuntu machines have been working out for them so far. "Embracing Ubuntu Linux on our desktops and laptops seems to have really raised Dell's visibility within the Linux community. We have been supporting, testing, developing for, and selling Linux for 8+ years here at Dell, but before the Ubuntu announcement, a lot of people didn't know that we did any of that... Previous to our Ubuntu product announcement... we would have a conversations with vendors about pushing Linux support for their hardware, but without a Linux product offering from Dell for that hardware, it was very difficult to convince them to release Linux drivers. That has certainly changed now... The original sales estimates for Ubuntu computers was around 1% of the total sales, or about 20,000 systems annually. The program so far is meeting expectations. Customers are certainly showing their interest and buying systems preloaded with Ubuntu, but it certainly won't overtake Microsoft Windows anytime soon."
Your getting linux!
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> So, how many chairs will Ballmer throw?
I think this calls for a three seater leather couch.
Yes, correct, you had to wink!
But does Linux really run on the kitchen sink?
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You should buy one from germany.
If germans can come to netherlands to smoke pot, surely you can go there to buy an Ubuntu machine.
Oh come on, Linux's thermal management isn't that bad, is it?
The first is the Vista OEM sale, the second is the XP sale when users want to upgrade...
Yes, yes it does.
Ahhh, cool. Then I'm glad I ended my post with a question mark rather than a "you idiot" or something ;-)