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1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux
christian.einfeldt writes "According to an article in Laptop Magazine on-line, one-third of Dell Inspiron Mini 9s netbooks are sold with the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Dell senior product manager John New attributed the sales volume to the lower price point of the Ubuntu Linux machines. And the return rate of the Ubuntu Linux machines is approximately equal to that of comparable netbooks sold with Microsoft Windows XP. Dell spokesperson Jay Pinkert attriutes the low return rate to Dell's good communications with its customers, saying 'We have done a very good job explaining to folks what Linux is.'"
I don't know why Ubuntu users are scared by this simple process. It gives you a more updated version of the software package in question. Yeah, there's a bunch of sudo apt-get whatever-dev, but you know, if you can't compile a program, perhaps you should go back to Windows.