Comments on: Dell selects Ubuntu for its desktops

By: fluffster

fluffster — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:34:16 +0000

hahah.. so very true.

By: kubuntu_pete

kubuntu_pete — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:14:11 +0000

“how do i install microsoft office?”

“you have to install a window emulator such as ‘wine’. you can do this in at least two ways: 1) open up your terminal console, then ‘etc/apt/sources.list’, add the following depository….OR: 2) start Synaptic Manager, go to Manage Repositories….”

*LONG PAUSE*

“how do i install Windows on this damn thing?”

By: MellowHexagon

MellowHexagon — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:34:56 +0000

I agree that this is fantastic news. There are so many people out there who have never even heard of linux and think computers end at windows. As soon as the drones who buy from dell realise they can save some cash by buying an alternative OS, Linux might finally get a toe, mayble even a foot into the mainstream market. While it may not (and problebly won’t) be as sucessfull as I hope, at least it’s somthing. Microsoft had better get their priorities in order. Meanwhile, I can smell a customer support nightmare brewing for dell…

By: hikaricore

hikaricore — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:22:20 +0000

now if dell would just go back to selling good hardware we’d be all set.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:04:55 +0000

I don’t think you want an AMD system from them. AMD owns ATI. If you get an AMD system, you get ATI graphics, and what Linux user wants ATI graphics?

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:39:37 +0000

Yes, really cool idea . But it took too long, that’s the problem. How is DELL going to get away with doing this, since Microsoft is going to backlash totally ?

When I can buy an AMD + Ubuntu system from DELL, I will no longer think of them as sucky.

By: liquitt

liquitt — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:10:53 +0000

that’s just awesome…can’t wait to see them selling more linux machines than windows ones

By: user

user — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:51:03 +0000

wrong step?
ha!

it’s an OPTION.
nothing wrong with more options…

By: TiBS

TiBS — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:03:59 +0000

now that’s great news, a new step towards open source!